Season 4 Episode 7


How to Shut Up, Listen, and Believe

"Multicultural relationships are a vaccine to the terrible virus of racism" - Dr. David Anderson

Here at Vineyard Columbus, part of our mission statement is to develop multi-ethnic communities of disciples. Multicultural ministry is interwoven into our Christian heritage and guaranteed as the fullness of God’s promised Kingdom. It’s a big deal to us here on the In-Between. But doing the work of multicultural ministry is much more than fellowship and Sunday morning niceties. Today we’re joined by two experts who will be sharing about doing the hard work of building and sustaining multicultural ministry through the art of radical inclusion.

Dr. Dave Anderson is the founder and President of Gracism Global- one of the world’s leading authorities on bridging the deep divides of race, faith, culture, and wealth. Known as the bridge-building voice in the Nation's Capital, Anderson hosts the daily radio talk show "Real Talk with Dr. David Anderson" – the most listened to Christian talk station on the East Coast. As the founder and senior pastor of Bridgeway Community Church, Dr. Anderson reaches a multicultural congregation of over 10,000 weekly attendees from more than 60 nations, viewed online in over 100 countries, with locations in Columbia and Owings Mills, Maryland. He authored a book, Gracism, The Art of Inclusion, in 2007 which we will be discussing today.

We’re also joined by Pastor David Heiliger - the director of Gracism Global, a diversity consulting firm committed to equipping transformational leaders for the sake of racial healing. David is also the Pastor of Multicultural Bridge Building at Bridgeway Community Church in Columbia, Maryland, where over 60 different nations are represented in the church body. David graduated from the Center for Justice and Peace-building at Eastern Mennonite University with a Master’s Degree in Conflict Transformation. He is training for his first Half Ironman and loves spending time outdoors with his wife, Julie, and their 8-year-old daughter.

https://gracismglobal.com/
https://andersonspeaks.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-heiliger-01081939/
https://bookstore.vineyardcolumbus.org/reads/p/gracism-the-art-of-inclusion?rq=gracism