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Article: A Mosaic of Believers: Diversity and Innovation in a Multiethnic Church.(Book review)
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- Sociology of Religion
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- September 22, 2006
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A Mosaic of Believers: Diversity and Innovation in a Multiethnic Church, by GERARDO MARTI. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2005, 299 pp.; $39.95 USD (cloth).
Multiethnic congregations are far from the norm in American religious life, but the growing interest in forming such churches focuses attention on those few that have successfully crossed historically entrenched racial boundaries. In A Mosaic of Believers Gerardo Marti introduces readers to Mosaic, a Southern California church identified in the Multiracial Congregations Project as one of the most diverse churches in the country. In evangelical circles, Mosaic is admired not only for its ethnic ...