Ethnic-specific ministries have existed for years because of language and cultural groupings. While proponents of a multi-racial churches say that language is no longer an issue for the Americanized Asian-Americans, I find that culture still is. While we all speak English, will we find a true multi-ethnic church that “speaks” Asian-American? Can these churches help to minister and understand those who have endured “Where are you really from?” and “You speak English very well!”

Media has saturated us with knowledge of the white American and (to a lesser extent) African-American culture and experiences. Because of this, maybe whites can integrate with blacks to a certain extent. But to truly minister to Asian-Americans and Latino-Americans, they must make a commitment to contextualizing the gospel the way ethnic-specific churches automatically do.