One Church, Many Tribes : Following Jesus the Way God Made You
by Richard Twiss
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Author: Richard TwissEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-08-08
ISBN: 0830725458
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Regal
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Summary: 5 Stars
When my family moved to Kentucky in 2000, I never expected it would take eighteen months to find a church that wanted us. We didn't fit in anyone's denominational or cultural "box", and very few fellow Christians were interested in stretching their boundaries to include us.
Imagine waiting five centuries to be welcomed into the Body of Christ. That's the sobering, challenging message of One Church, Many Tribes.
In bringing the message of Jesus to the indigenous peoples of this continent, far too often the expectation has been that a conversion to Christianity includes a conversion to whiteness, and that God has no use for Native American languages, history, arts, etc. This couldn't be more wrong. As Twiss puts it, "When we come to Christ as First Nations people, Jesus does not ask us to abandon our sin-stained culture in order to embrace someone else's sin-stained culture."
However, this is not a "make white people feel bad" book. Twiss admits that, had God chosen the peoples of this hemisphere to take the Gospel to Europe, there would have been similar abuses. He wants to see reconciliation: for whites to repent of their superiority, and for Native Americans to repent of their bitterness, so that we can put away these past sins and work together as equals.
The Body of Christ is undeniably richer for the presence of African and African-American cultures, despite the bitterness of slavery and the evil aspects of colonialism. It's time to welcome Native Americans to the table (and other "first nations" peoples as well), and encourage them to let God speak through their cultures.
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