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Intercultural Church: A Biblical Vision for an Age of Migration (Word & World) Paperback – October 1, 2019

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Safwat Marzouk offers a biblical vision for what it means to be an intercultural church, one that fosters just diversity, integrates different cultural articulations of faith and worship, and embodies an alternative to the politics of assimilation and segregation. A church that fosters intercultural identity learns how to embrace and celebrate difference, which in turn enriches its worship and ministry. While the church in North America might see migration as an opportunity to serve God's kingdom by showing hospitality to the migrant and the alien, migration offers the church an opportunity to renew itself by rediscovering the biblical vision of the church as a diverse community. This biblical vision views cultural, linguistic, racial, and ethnic differences as gifts from God that can enrich the church's worship, deepen the sense of fellowship in the church, and broaden the church's witness to God's reconciling mission in the world.

Today's church faces the challenge of what it means to be church in the light of the ever-growing diversity of the population. This may entail advocacy work on behalf of the undocumented, asylum seekers, and refugees, but the church also faces the question of how to welcome the stranger, the migrant, and the refugee into the heart of the worshipping community. This may mean changing worship, leadership, or ministry styles to embrace diverse communities in the church's neighborhood. Marzouk surveys numerous biblical texts from the early ancestor stories of Israel to the Prophets, to the Gospels and Acts, the letters of Paul, and Revelation. The stories introduce themes of welcoming strangers, living as aliens, playing host to outsiders, discovering true worship, and seeking common language for expressing faith. Discussion questions are provided to encourage conversation on this complex and important topic.

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- Explores hospitality, integration, and the celebration of difference as alternatives to assimilation and segregation.

- Offers ideas about how to change worship practices, leadership structures, ministry style to be more welcoming to the migrant, the asylum seeker, and the refugee.

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About Word & World Books

Luther Seminary, the board of the periodical Word & World, and Fortress Press have formed a partnership to launch a new publishing venture called Word & World Books. The goal of this new series is to invigorate and inspire Christian leaders and communities in their mission to proclaim God’s Word to the World God created and loves. A primary task of those who lead Christian communities is to articulate the fullness of both God-given realities. Word & World Books seeks to provide resources that are deeply thoughtful, creative in approach, accessibly written, and applicable to those on the frontlines of parish ministry.

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"Whether you sit in the pews or stand in the pulpit of your church, Safwat Marzouk introduces you to all the sojourners and settlers who inhabit the Bible. He creates a compelling proposal for the intercultural church--profound, provocative, and practical: a must-read in our politically polarized times." --Ulrich Schmiedel, University of Edinburgh

"Immigrants and refugees bring fresh ideas and new ways of living that enrich our communities. Still, challenges arise as ethnicities, languages, and cultures collide. In such times, how do churches flourish in their witness to Jesus Christ? In Intercultural Church, Safwat Marzouk points toward intercultural ministry as the answer. He shows how an intercultural church worships and welcomes to become a church for today and for the future. Marzouk calls us to embrace diversity fully in order to become the prophetic church and the body of Christ. This is an important book for those who love the church and wish to engage in a living ministry." --Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Earlham School of Religion

"In Intercultural Church, Safwat Marzouk calls the church to a posture of resistance against theologies and politics that suggest that there is not enough to go around by casting biblical visions of migration's centrality in Christian faith. This compelling book points followers of Jesus to a more abundant and graceful conviction: God's hopes for us, the path of the migrant, and the church's future are intertwined." --Eric Daniel Barreto, Princeton Theological Seminary

About the Author

Safwat Marzouk is associate professor of Old Testament at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary.He is an ordained member of the The Synod of the Nile and served as a pastor in Egypt. His background includes a context of interfaith dialogue among Christians, Jews, and Muslims. He is a contributor to The Huffington Post and the The Christian Century.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fortress Press (October 1, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 212 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1506433464
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1506433462
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.4 inches
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Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. An Egyptian Christian who researches and writes about Middle Eastern Christian hermeneutics. An immigrant who reflects and writes about migration in the Bible and the possibilities that intercultural work holds for the church and the world.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal Book: A must read: Powerful perspectives and Biblically based too
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If you're passionate about Intercultural folks, and demographics of people who look different than you, you'll learn a lot from this book.

I think my only negative aspect I have to say from this book is that I wish that the author would have shared more of his personal experiences. In many cases, it helps to connect reading a book to the person, but no book is perfect. There's lots to learn through the writings of Safwat Marzouk. Regardless, there is a lot of insight in this book to help spark interest and passion for the Intercultural Church. Unfortunately, Chruches look very homogeneous these days. In his book, he does a wonderful job highlighting the differences of Multiculturalism and Interculturalism, and the Salad bowl vs melting pot analogy. You have to read the book for yourself, but it's one that will forever change your lives.

It's becoming evident that if you want to grow in your life, you need to read books that challenge you, but many settle in ignorance and refuse to gain understanding in an area. That's why one can read this book and just go off what they know as opposed to sitting down, reading and seeking understanding.

Lots that can be mentioned, but the Intercultural Church is unity of what the Church looks like and should embrace. People shout multiculturalism, but this can lead to people not being included where they are or just feel assimilated. It happens all the time in places: Church, the workplace, social settings, etc. Interculturalism says that we embrace people's cultures and willing to accept people from different nationalities and ethnicities. Go read this book if you want a dynamic view of how important learning from different people is. And the importance of how migration affects people's lives. We do less listening and more talking these days, when it should be the opposite. More listening, less talking. Books like these and others by Ethnic authors force you to sit down and listen to what they are saying, and listen to their point of view. I promise you that you can learn a whole lot just by listening to them. Amazing book all around. Go buy it. A book that definitely won't disappoint.
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