Test: How Intercultural Is Our Church?

The culture of the church

Statement: In our church a good percentage of the people are of a migration background

Statement: In our church we consciously try to make clear that our national culture is NOT the only norm in our church

Statement: In our church the many cultures in our town are fairly well represented in the percentage of our church attendees

Statement: In our church not one single ethnic group dominates

Statement: In our church the workers are a reflection of the people we try to reach

Statement: in our church we consciously celebrate our differences

Statement: In our church we see people of a lot of different migration backgrounds on stage

Statement: in our church we consciously seek how we can be relevant and active in society for people from different cultures

Statement: in our church we consciously are reaching people of a migration background with the Gospel

Statement: in our church we consciously are looking for key people from different cultures, who will then reach the people of their own country and language

Statement: in our church we consciously encourage people of a migration background to reach their own people

Statement: in our church we are discipling people from different cultures and do so in a culturally relevant way

Statement: we realise that in later stages of discipleship, someone from another cultural background could help you in the next steps of discipleship. Therefore we put that into practice.

Statement: in our church we consciously are working on starting ethnic groups, because we believe that Christ wants to meet people and disciple them within the ‘cloak’ of their own culture

Statement: in our church we consciously encourage and teach people who came to faith to in turn disciple others from their culture

The liturgy of the church

Statement: in our church a limited number of songs are of national or Anglo-American origin

Statement: in our church we sometimes try to sing a song of a different origin or in a different language than our national one or English

Statement: in our church in each service we sing a song in (partly) another language than English or our own language

Statement: in our church we make sure that the worship service consists partly of songs from another language or songs of non-Western origin

Statement: in our church we use symbols, ways, or instruments from non-Western countries during the service

Statement: in our church we consciously preach in a cross-culturally sensitive way

Statement: in our church you can see or hear during the service that we are also focused on cultures outside our national one

Statement: in our church we consciously are trying to have people of a migration background identify with the service (by using flags, symbols and/or musical instruments)

Statement: our church has a clear vision on interculturality

Statement: our church refers in its vision explicitly to people of a migration background

Statement: our church has included caring for migrants as part of its vision

Statement: our church describes in its vision how different peoples can live together equally and mutually

Statement: in our church leaders and workers are trained in interculturality

Statement: in our church we consciously offer intercultural counseling

Statement: in our church we roughly know how to solve conflicts in a culturally sensitive way

Statement: in our church we consciously invest in intercultural marriages

Statement: in our church we disciple people of a migration background consciously in such a way as to involve them in the leadership later on, if possible.

Statement: in our church we consciously look for one or more people of a migration background to give input to the leadership team

Statement: in our church we consciously work on having people of a migration background in the leadership team, provided they are ready for that

Statement: in our church we are keen on developing a large diversity of leaders

Statement: in our church we work on leadership development of leaders of a migration background

Statement: in our church we reflect on how to make our leadership more diverse culturally

Statement: in our church we consistently see whether there is somebody of a migration background who can get a role of leadership in the church

Statement: in our church we work with a clear plan to enable diversity in leadership and promote that