Theological Review on Multicultural Church of Mission Christian Perspective

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.