Douglas Brouwer loves his multicultural church a lot he wrote a memoir, how to become a Multicultural Church Sydney, that delights in its ups, downs, joys, and challenges. After serving White Australia churches for 30 years, Brouwer came to international Protestant Church (IPC) in Zurich, Switzerland, a diverse congregation filled with combination of internationals and locals. The book chronicles his personal journey into multicultural ministry.
If you’re looking for a guide to becoming a multicultural church, this isn’t it. It’s not a manual, nor does it present a model. It’s a book about how Brouwer discovered to appreciate the benefits of multicultural churches. In his own words, “it is my attempt to explain why multicultural churches thrive.”
It must also be said that Brouwer is white, and he writes from a white perspective. Many ideas could be helpful for all, but this book can be in particular useful for whites who aren’t convinced of multiculturalism’s value. Hopefully this book will create expanded hunger for the multicultural church in all its readers.
Many churches opt for their monocultural experience and don’t want to change. Yet change is coming.
Multiculturalism shouldn’t be accepted, however, instead sought after. Multicultural churches aren’t, therefore, a mere mix of different ethnicities; they simply embrace numerous cultures.
The book defines a multicultural church Sydney as a church wherein each cultural group will “to some degree engage and encompass cultural norms,” rather than everyone assimilating to the culture of the dominant group. Whilst this sounds attractive, multicultural ministry comes with challenges.
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