Small Group Questions

1) Describe the culture of the town or neighborhood you grew up in (e.g. farm town, etc.).

2) Did you grow up in a religious community? If so, did it reflect the culture you were a part of or was it more diverse? If more diverse, how do you think that happened?

3) Pastor George said he wondered if a church is racially diverse but the same culturally, does that make it inclusive? How so? How not so?

4) If different church cultures create defining walls as described in the podcast (through music, location, type of cars, etc.), is it possible for a church to become more “well-ish” and less “wall-ish”. If so, how?

5) Some say that white churches trying to diversify seem to do so on their own terms, and to make themselves feel better, but sincere engagement seems lacking. Reflect on this statement as a group. If your church is not a white church, how would you dialogue with a white church attempting to establish a relationship with yours? What would "authentic" engagement look like?