Cross-Cultural Voices

What is a Digital Missionary?

Leighton Seys of www.thechurch.digital shares how he became a digital missionary, and explains how online interactive community can amplify the ministry of any church.

Launching an English-Language Worship Service

Lonely people aren't looking for a better sermon. They're looking for somewhere to belong. Pastor Dima Pilipchuk gets practical in part two — how Grace United launched an English service with no paid staff, how COVID accidentally gave them their best time slot, and why their kids ministry became their most powerful outreach tool. But the most compelling part? A whiteboard on the platform with the names of unsaved and sick people — prayed over out loud every single service until something changes. Dima is honest about the tension young leaders feel: endless logistics pulling against the spiritual work that actually matters. If you're building something for the second generation — or you're part of it and looking for a church with real community — don't miss this one. Cross-Cultural Voices — faith, culture, and belonging.

A Church for Second-Generation Russians

You grew up translating for your parents, caught between two worlds — and maybe wondering if there's a church that actually gets that. Pastor Dima Pilipchuk moved from Belarus to Minnesota at age 10, not speaking a word of English. Today he leads a thriving English-language congregation at Grace United Full Gospel Church — built from scratch by young leaders who had vision but no roadmap. In part one, Dima talks about growing up between cultures, why looking "fully American" on the outside doesn't mean you feel that way on the inside, and how one senior pastor took a risk on younger leaders when most of his church wasn't ready for it. If you've ever felt too American for your parents' church and too ethnic for everyone else's — this conversation is for you. Cross-Cultural Voices — faith, culture, and belonging.

Nobody Sits Out: A Church Where Everyone Participates

Pastor Yosef Zenebe shares how Perazim Church has created a culture where all members are expected to engage in ministry to some level, including the preaching ministry of the church.

TikTok Brought Me to Church

Pastor Yosef Zenebe shares how the simple posting of clips from their service on TikTok continues to bring streams of visitors to their church, who discover it to be the kind of congregation they've been unable to find.