The depictions of a “white Jesus” has become a stumbling block in the furthering of the gospel in urban communities, and we are paying the price. Many in the black community are leaving the church and are now turning to other cults and religions as a result.

In the height of racial tensions, it is more important than ever to present Jesus in his proper context. We will also discuss what the black community found in their search for the new MLK and the rise of Hebrew Israelites.

For most people, the home is the biggest financial investment that they’ll ever make. The home can also be a place where people spend a good portion of their time. Why not use this investment as a tool to advance the kingdom?

We will explore what it looks like to open your home to life on life discipleship and as a tool to expose the world to what a family on mission looks like. We will also address the struggles that this intentional living can bring.

Decisions. Everyone must make them.

But we often make decisions we regret. How do we rightly understand Proverbs, mine its riches and develop the habit of gaining wisdom on every decision?

Paul’s example in discipling the Philippian church offers a great example of what one does in discipling another person.

Increasing numbers of young African Americans are turning to other religions or choosing no religion at all in a rejection of the faith. “Christianity,” they say, “is a white man’s religion.” But is that true?

Belief in Christ goes back over two millennia and believers live in all parts of the world. Vince Bantu, professor of missiology, corrects the myth that Christianity originated in Western Europe. He traces the faith back to some of its roots in Africa to demonstrate that Christianity belongs to no single race, ethnicity or people group because Christ is building a global church from a global people.

The way the world functions in systems and socially is not separate from the matters of the heart. It is important that we understand our hearts, what culture is and how to begin to speak to heart regarding true worship. Culture is a gospel conversation that should shape how we engage and build any gathering in our local churches.

We live in a unique time in human history when “urban is global.” Our God is calling a people out of the world from every tribe, tongue and nation. One of the ways he is doing this is he has sovereignly ordained immigrants and refugees from the nations to come to our cities and become our neighbors.

This workshop will seek to answer the question, as the local church, how do we steward this global moment in history well? We will examine the heart of God for his covenant people since the beginning in relation to the nations; specifically, how, through the unity of his Church, our God desires to bring every nation into fellowship with Him wherever the church finds herself.

It will be a call for the local church to move as one to engage the sojourner among us in impactful and practical ways.