Seeing the Multicultural Church Missions Model’s Impact on the Local Church

The previous posts mentioned the COVID-19 response that the Hopevale Trust started.

Also, in case you missed reading it, The Timaru Herald came up with the news feature, “Timaru-based Hopevale Trust helps Filipinos” in their 16th October edition.

Among the outreach work that the Hopevale Trust has done, in partnership with the Multicultural Response Ministry and the local communities are:

• Earthquake in Leyte in November 2013
• Typhoon Haiyan in December 2013
• Earthquake swarm 2019 in Cotabato, Philippines
• COVID-19 Response 2020 – Started September 2020
  • Birthright Educators Foundation, Muntinlupa, Philippines
  • Creekside Baptist Church, Iloilo City, Philippines
  • His Hands and Feet, Ajuy Baptist Church, Iloilo, Philippines
  • Kidapawan relief operations, Philippines

The activities listed above and their continuing support by the Hopevale Trust, which directors are members of an NZ Baptist church show a working multicultural church mission model.

The diagram below describes a working multicultural church missions model you might be also using in your church.

It is important to note that the arrows point in both directions because, in the ministering process, all participants experience the blessings of serving the Lord God.

How does this working multicultural church missions model impact the local church?

Let us say you are a member of a church in New Zealand. Now the church you are a part of is doing the multicultural church mission model shown above.

Let’s assume, too, that you have participated in your church’s multicultural ministries in many different ways, such as multicultural fellowships, fund-raising activities, offering a welcoming spirit and friendship in the church, and many more.

One day, you bought groceries in a supermarket, like Countdown, New World, or PAK’nSAVE. Then you find yourself engaging in a conversation with a person, and you learn where the person came originally from.

Let us say the person was from the Philippines. Since you know that your church is actively implementing the multicultural ministry model, you shared how you and your church are involved in ministering to the Philippines.

In other words, you could connect well with the person and vice versa. It also gave you the chance to share the Good News.

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