Hearing in Technicolor: Mindset Shifts within a Multicultural Congregation

by Mark Hearn, Darcy Wiley

Overview

In a 2011 State of the City Address, the mayor of pastor and author Mark Hearn's city said there were fifty-seven languages spoken at the local high school.
Hearn left asking himself, How should our church respond?

This question led to a movement that brought First Baptist Duluth to reflecting its surrounding community. This journey was captured in Pastor Hearn’s first book, Technicolor: Inspiring Your Church to Embrace Multicultural Ministry.
Now, nearly five years after Technicolor, members of his congregation discuss the joys, struggles, and triumphs of being a part of a multi-ethnic church- providing a glimpse of the nature of a church that reflects its community.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781087712949
Publisher:	B&H Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/01/2021
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Mark Hearn has been a pastor for more than forty years. Since 2010, he has served as the senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Duluth, Georgia, one of the most diverse counties in America. During his tenure, the church has transformed from a monolithic Anglo-American congregation to a cross-cultural community of faith with members from forty-seven different countries. He also serves as the coaching director of Homogeneous Church Transitions for the Mosaix Global Network. Pastor Mark holds degrees from Carson Newman College, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Luther Rice Seminary. Mark and his wife Glenda are the parents of four grown daughters and are proud grandparents.
 

Table of Contents

Foreword Dr. Noe Garcia xiii

Introduction: Hearing in Technicolor 1

Section 1 Legacies

Chapter 1 A Compelling Reason 17

Chapter 2 Time to Reset 41

Chapter 3 An "Aha" Moment 65

Section 2 Languages

Chapter 4 Jesus Was an Immigrant 89

Chapter 5 I Vow Jesus! 109

Chapter 6 Is This a Cult? 127

Section 3 Leaders

Chapter 7 The Die Is Cast 147

Chapter 8 God Has a Plan 165

Chapter 9 I Have a Dream! 189

Conclusion: Be Opened by Darcy Wiley 207

Hearing in technicolor Interviews 215

Notes 219