Multiracial Status Of Christianity

As America is rich in multi cultural immigrants’ diversities in culture, beliefs, faiths and religion are not uncommon among American population. Health care profession is one of the major areas that are affected with these diversities of culture, beliefs, faiths and religion. While there are many advantages of rich and diverse heritage, it’s challenging for health care professionals to deal with those from various faith/ spiritual background, especially for minority religious groups. However, in order to provide best available care health care professionals

Church buildings, musical instruments, ministers’ attire, choir robes, hymns, names of converts, schools and curriculums had Americans’ religious, cultural, and economic trademark. The Christianity that addressed issues of life in the American cultural context was transplanted in different parts of the world. Unlike the transition of the Hebraic-Christianity from the Jewish culture to the Gentile world in the first century, which developed its own unique theological, cultural, and leadership identity in a short period of time, the phenomenal growth of Christianity in the majority world has been largely influenced by the dominance of American Christianity. As the result, we have Christian faith that is not well anchored on local theology. And to most of the churches in the majority world, up until recently,

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Racial reconciliation should be a top priority for every Christian, of any race or cultural background. But will this demand for a "multicultural center of learning" produce a less prejudiced society? Multiculturalists insist on greater sensitivity towards, and increased inclusion of, racial minorities and women in society. Christians should endorse both of these goals. But many advocating multiculturalism go beyond these demands for sensitivity and inclusion; here is where Christians must be careful.

In “Whose Religion is Christianity? The Gospel beyond the West,” by Lamin Sanneh, Christianity is told as a global faith whose most vibrant expressions and growth today are found in the non-Western world. The author explores these implications in context to modern life with in-depth intentions towards Christian learning and personal insight. Sanneh’s distinct narrative takes the form of a self-interview, in which he asks analytical questions on the cross-cultural development of Christianity to determine answers and predictions about the future. He believes religion contributes to intercultural understanding and has a large role to play in civil society.

"Judaism is ethnic; Christianity is non-ethnic." Many people feel that this is an accurate statement. It is widely believed that Jewish nationality and Jewish faith are one in the same. Some people base this belief upon the covenant that God shared with the Isrealites, who were his followers. This is found in the Bible at Genesis 14,verse 14. It is prophesied that Abraham would be the father of many nations and rulers (Bethel University,2010). So it would be easy to assume that Abraham and his following descendants would all be of Jewish faith. This statement is partially true but there are other factors to consider.

Initially, America did not have a Christian foundation in the sense of creating a theocracy. However, it was shaped by Christian moral truths, and the forefathers created a hospitable environment that supported this religion. The relationship linking the state and religion grew strong as most of the people in the nation became Christians. This research paper outlines how Christianity came to be one of the major religions in the United States of America.

Reflecting upon our national experience of being brought together as a people, I want to talk about something much bigger and far older: It embraces almost every culture and ethnicity in the world without erasing their identity, or requiring them to speak a certain language. It is Christ’s Church! Christ’s Church began almost 2,000 years ago when a band of Aramaic speaking Jewish disciples of Jesus founded Christ’s Church. This was in response to the move the Holy Spirit to bring to human life God’s love and compassion revealed in Jesus Christ.

Christianity is one of the most influential religions on both ancient and modern Western society, with the religion based on the teachings of the prophet Jesus Christ who lived approximately between the years of 5 BC and 33 AD. It is claimed that Christ was the son of God whose spirit was embodied and sent to Earth as a human being to bring peace and prosperity to the less fortunate, and absolve the world of its sin. Jesus preached a doctrine of a supreme monotheistic god who ruled over the universe, as well as ethics and morals especially centred on the concept of faith and forgiveness. If one was to live their life in accordance to the Will of God and the teachings of Christ found in the written word of the Holy Bible, one would be absolved of their sin and ascend to the spiritual realm of God, known as Heaven, after their physical death.

Christianity was born in Bethlehem it took root among people like the Assyrians, who flourished in ancient Mesopotamia. The religion soon found its way to places like modern day Turkey. Basically Christianity traces back to the Middle East but now the religion is trying to survive in the place it was started. Things like isis beheading 221 Egyptian Christians on a beach in Libya. Isis also captured 262 Christians in Syria including women and children. Christians in that nation and nearby Iraq face many horrors. Israelis have been defacing Greek Orthodox seminaries and other places of worship by writing slurs mangling Jesus. The chaos going on in the Middle East has shrunk the population of people openly practicing Christianity. Since the first

Most people define both Judaism and Christianity as a religion because there are ideas, practices, and disciplines inherent for each. The word “ethnic” does not usually factor into the discussion when it surrounds the religion itself. However, Judaism itself is not ethnic. There are people all over the world who consider themselves to be ethnically Jewish because they were born into a Jewish family and/or have Jewish lineage, but they do not necessary attend synagogue or participate in exclusively Jewish activities. Similarly, Christianity is a vast religion with a multiplicity of denominations inherent in it. Many people may identify religious as Christians yet do not attend church, read scripture or pray on a regular basis, or do any other Christian-like activities. Jewish identity specifically includes several characteristics that include ethnicity.

In “On Religious Diversity,” Robert MacKim categorizes approaches to the variety of religious belief in three directions, such as Inclusivism, Exclusivism and Pluralism. Exclusivists believe that only their religion is the accurate one, and every other religion is inaccurate. Exclusivists believe that one set of beliefs is accurate and other ones a partially accurate. Pluralists believe that more than one religion is correct; they accept numerous passageways God. Pluralism is an exceptionally, strange concept. If there are multiple processes to reach God, and it does not matter what religion the person is, then why would there even be a religion, and so many disagreements between religions. Because most religions believe that their religion

There are four blind men who discover an elephant. Since the men have never encountered an elephant, they analyze, seeking to understand and describe this new anomaly. One man grasps at the trunk and concludes it is a snake. Another one examines the elephant 's tail and announces that it’s a rope. A third finds one of the elephant 's legs and describes it as a tree. And the fourth blind man, after exploring the elephant 's side, concludes that it is, after all, a wall. Each in his blindness is describing the same thing: an elephant. Yet each interprets the same thing in a radically different way. In comparison to Eboo Patel’s text, “Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation,” Patel focuses on living in a diverse faction full of religious prejudice in a world full of materialistic outlooks. He believes religions should be able to coexist without feeling that one religion is superior than the other. Patel’s intentions of pluralism in this text is to provide insight on how all religions should coexist, in that manner, I believe that Patel uses logos in the form of his experiences and also the things that he conveys for his argumentative claim of pluralism. His use of logos, in a way that others can relate, makes his claim more effective for those that are reading his book.

The mission of God is to reach all nation. God uses chosen people to spread the Good News, to the nation. As He called Abraham (Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22: 18; 26:4; 28:14). Jesus taught that we must preach repentance to all nation ( Matthew 28:19 ; John 20:12; (Act 1:8). Jesus was sent by God to teach all nation about Him and His return (John 20:21). Christian should accept all people of all walks of life. The church should continue to teach the word of God as it is in the Bible and to show love to all ethnic diversity. To equip people to participate in multicultural ministry is to embrace the love of God to all. The biblical base of philosophy is “Love covers over a multitude of sins” ( 1Peter 4:8). To get the saints and un-believers to join in unity with Christ. Cultural influence biblical interpretation, thus as we teach or preach we must remember whom our audience are and be able to get the message across so they can understand, by keeping the social also cultural of the Scriptures in mind.

This book is dedicated to every believer that loves the Lord and to the preaching of the gospel regardless of your color, background, and ethnicity. God came in the flesh to identify with humankind, not only to one particular ethnicity, but to all humanity. I am writing this book not to pick on anyone or any ethnicity in particular, but rather to let each and everyone know that God loves them very much that He had to sacrifice His only begotten son in order to save all human beings. There are people who believed that salvation is only for them, and without them the world cannot receive God’s mercy. Salvation is not from any human being, it’s the gift of God to all humanity, no one has the ability to save anyone except Jesus Christ (Acts 2:28; 10:43; 16:30-31; Mark 16:16; John 3:36; Romans 10:9-14). Because of these same false teachings, which had been taught for many centuries, many people from different ethnicity wouldn’t associate themselves with the gospel, simply because they believed it is not for them due to skin color. Christianity is not a black or white religion, but it is the life of God which is given to us through Jesus Christ (John 10:10). Jesus came to identify himself with our world and to give himself to all humanity and not just for one set of people or ethnicity. For God so loved the world and every “human being” living in it, not just one ethnic group or one set of people, but the world as a whole, that He gave His one and only son to die for us all and