Saturday, November 16, 2013

Melissa Barnhart: Mark DeYmaz Interview: Integrating the Church Ethnically, Economically 'For the Sake of the Gospel'


Mark DeYmaz, founding pastor of Mosaic Church in Central Arkansas, who led the second national conference on multi-ethnic churches, said the movement's goal is to integrate the church ethnically and economically for the sake of the Gospel.

"As far as a movement, our focus is addressing these two glaring systemic problems in the church that we face out of Galatians 3:28. Not men and women so much, but ethnic and economic inclusion," DeYmaz told The Christian Post backstage at the Mosaix 2013 conference held at Grace Brethren Church in Long Beach last week.

DeYmaz, the author of the book, Building a Healthy Multi-ethnic Church: Mandate, Commitments and Practices of a Diverse Congregation who, along with this wife, Linda, said he was called by God to plant a multi-ethnic and economically diverse church in Little Rock, Ark., that is reflective of the community the church serves. Keep reading

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