Theological Review on Multicultural Church of Mission Christian Perspective

Abstract

Multicultural theology began in the 1970’s as a way of expressing theological 
mutuality and equality between cultures. Christianity was born in many 
cultures, as can be seen in the book of Acts of the Apostles. Looking at the 
eschatological vision of the Church, in the Revelation of Apostle John, is 
multiracial. Cultural diversity, mission, and the Church were all embedded in 
the purpose for which Jesus Christ died on the cross, when John 3:16 ‘For 
God so loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son, so that 
everyone who believes in Him may not die but have eternal life”. In the book 
of Acts of the Apostles God demonstrated multiculturalism in mission when 
He sent tongue of fire on the day of Pentecost whereby the apostles were 
speaking and all people present there could hear their language. This paper 
explores Christian perspective, relevant theory like the theory of unity in 
diversity in Christ as possibility of mission as a way of expressing the cultural 
engagement that is more appropriate. Multicultural mission is relational, 
mutual, dialogical, open-minded, and creates space for all cultures within 
the Biblical context and make “all” counts, within which God’s mission dei 
(the mission of God) can be experienced by individual and all. This paper 
recommends that the Nigeria Church give way to multiculturalism in order 
to further the misio dei as Christ did and commanded.