Month: April 2021

Rethinking Multiethnic Churches

A discussion on the fruits and challenges of multiethnic congregations. Many evangelical churches have grown in diversity, but are they places of true unity and equity? In the March issue of CT, sociologist Korie Little Edwards explains why the multiethnic church movement hasn’t lived up to its promises–and how it still could. Join Little Edwards along with Rich Villodas, Rebecca Y. Kim, Naima Lett, and Curtiss Paul DeYoung for a live discussion on the fruits and challenges of... Read More

Recommendations for Outreach Resource of the Year

A brief overview of Ed’s choices from Outreach Magazine’s Resource of the Year. Each of the last few years, our team and I partner with Outreach Magazine to look through many resources on evangelism and apologetics. Once they have announced, I like to share a bit more here at The Exchange. This year, I commended the following two books: 1.How to Talk About Jesus Without Being That Guy: Personal Evangelism in a Skeptical World by Sam Chan. Sam Chan offers wise and practical advice on... Read More

Florida leaders poised to cut affordable housing to pay for sewers, sea-level rise

One of the criticisms of housing advocates of lawmakers is that lawmakers have transferred hundreds of millions of dollars intended for affordable housing programs to pay for other budget items. Under the bill, the programs will be guaranteed to receive one-third of revenue from doc stamps, a tax on real estate transactions, which would give the programs stability, rather than having to compete each year for funding. ... Read More