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The “Multi-Ethnic Mandate” has led evangelicalism, the PCA, A29, TGC world, etc. astray on race issues. Andrew Ong gets it right. Rev 7 & 9 are not about the local church. “Neo-Calvinism and Ethnic Churches in Multiethnic Contexts.” https://www.academia.edu/38686916/Neo_Calvinism_and_Ethnic_Churches_in_Multiethnic_Contexts
Again, multi-ethnic churches are great but they are not “better representations” of the gospel. That’s completely misguided. 1% of PCA pastors black; 9.8% are Asian. Asians are 6% of the US population. Where do Asian leaders typically come from: monocultural Asian contexts.
This is sociology & W.E.B. Dubois 101. Multi-ethnic churches do not produce ethnic leaders. It was hugely misguided to think that future PCA pastors would emerge from multi-ethnic contexts. Multi-ethnic churches produce white leaders. https://www.npr.org/2020/07/17/891600067/multiracial-congregations-may-not-bridge-racial-divide
Ong is right, the multi-ethnic mandate is too local church-centric & represents poor ecclesiology. Maybe loving God & neighbor is a better model instead of imposing a vision of diversity in a local church that’s cosmetic & mechanistic.
Two implications: (1) Many of you owe Eric Mason a massive apology.
(2) Voddie Baucham is wrong that if you’re “serious about racial reconciliation” you can’t do that while being in the black church. Not true.
@MosesYLee thanks for the tip! 
