Building Cross-Cultural Church

In a world that is increasingly diverse, the church often finds itself navigating the complexities of culture, identity, and belonging. But our goal is not simply to build culturally diverse churches. Diversity alone is not the destination.This podcast explores a deeper pursuit — the formation of a Christ culture.We believe the church is called to be a community shaped first and foremost by Jesus, where every culture is welcomed, discerned, and transformed by the gospel. Rather than elevating cultural expression as the end goal, we seek to discover how the beauty within each culture can reflect Christ more clearly, while also allowing Scripture to challenge the parts that do not.Here, we will have honest conversations about the joys and tensions of building church across cultures — the misunderstandings, the growth, the humility, and the unity that comes through shared life in Christ. Our hope is to help leaders and believers move beyond multicultural coexistence toward something deeper: a church where Christ becomes the loudest culture in the room, shaping how we love, lead, worship, and live together.Jonathan Stanfield, an apostolic leader within Four12 Global, shares some of his experience of leading a church with 23 different nationalities.