 Printer-friendly version Increasing the expression and advancement of the kingdom of God in the city, region, and world by connecting the Body of Christ across cultures.
Through research, consulting, training, and networking, Intercultural Ministries seeks to foster greater intercultural communication, cooperation, coordination, and collaboration. “One of my greatest joys is to work with gifted leaders from a wide array of ethnic and denominational backgrounds,” says Rev. Dr. Gregg Detwiler, director of Intercultural Ministries.
Gregg notes that Intercultural Ministries relates to the big social systems that have been instrumental in the Quiet Revival (the sustained growth of Christianity in Greater Boston over the past 40 years). “Intercultural Ministries predominantly relates to diaspora people from relationally rich cultures who come to Boston and the surrounding area. And then we tap into the relational connections of these peoples in the city, the region, or wherever in the world. This is where we see vitality.”
CITY WITHOUT WALLS, 2010
Ethnic America Network’s 10th annual Ethnic Ministries Summit will be held in Boston in April 2010. EGC has been working tirelessly to help host this event. Gregg says, “God seems to be granting us unusual favor in the planning of the Summit. We have a great team of leaders—diverse in every way—that have been meeting together over the past two years. The pre-summit journey has been a catalyst to developing deeper and wider intercultural relationships in the body. Our long-term hope extends beyond the Summit to see a greater realization of Boston becoming ‘a city without walls.’ We believe that great mutual benefit will be realized in the cross-pollination that will occur between the leaders from New England and across the U.S. and Canada who gather in April.”
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[published in Inside EGC, November-December, 2009]
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