Church Without Borders: Growing a Multiethnic Community

What would the church look like if we modelled the diversity of heaven in our local communities? Mathew Kuruvilla, Senior Pastor of Parkside Baptist Church, shares some of his experiences building a multiethnic church community and challenges the church to become a place of asylum for everyone. Church without Borders

theologically engages with the need for multiethnic churches, offering practical suggestions to help build and nurture faith communities of people from a variety of ethnic backgrounds.

Mathew Kuruvilla has been the Senior Pastor of Parkside Baptist Church in Sydney, Australia for over 30 years. Parkside Church is a diverse community, with people from over 60 different nations making it their home. Mathew has several years' experience in cross-cultural ministry including time on board Logos and ministering among various communities in India. Mathew is a graduate of Morling College and has been pastoring churches in Australia since 1983. He is married to Savi and they have two adult children: a daughter, Sherina, and a son, Jason, married to Viviane.