Group Study Guide

Session: Multicultural Issues

Preparation

• Ask your church office for the multicultural part or ethnic makeup report from the Scan US report for your church. If they do not have this report, ask your pastor or someone on staff assist you in contacting the state convention office for a copy of your church's Scan US report. Ask specifically for a report of the culture groups within a five-mile radius of your church building. This report is free in most states.
  
  
• Set up the marker board or poster board with markers.

Reflect and Practice

1. Open the session with fellowship and prayer.
   
   
2. On the marker board or poster board, list the cultures represented among the children in your church.
   
   
3. Share the Scan US report that will inform your group about the various cultures represented in the community surrounding your church. List these groups on the marker board or poster board.
   
   
4. As a group, reflect on the information about cultures which will help you minister to these cultures. List actions beside each culture group that will help you reach these groups.
   
   
5. Close the session with a time of prayer for these unreached culture groups near your church building. Remind participants to read the article(s) for the next session