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Cross-Cultural Voices
Life stories and lessons from multicultural young Christians, sharing hope for confident living in a fractured world.
Episodes
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She Needed a Family, Not Just a Church
Deborah had only lived in the US for several months when she was diagnosed with stage three cancer. This podcast tells the story of the church that surrounded…
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Can a White Church Reach Its Multiethnic Neighbors?
This new series tells the story of Prairie Hill Evangelical Free Church, a primarily white church that has learned through trial and error to become a place of…
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Multiplying Online Small Groups
Leighton Seys concludes our 8-part series about online small groups by sharing how to constantly be multiplying new groups.
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Providing Pastoral Care in Online Groups
Leighton Seys shares how to provide genuine care for online group members while guarding your leadership from burnout.
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Using Roles as a Leadership Pipeline
Leighton Seys explains how giving members simple titles like "greeter" can create a simple way to mobilize leaders for your online small groups.
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Cultivating Openness in Your Online Community
In part 5 of our series on building healthy online communities, Leighton Seys discusses how to move participants beyond emojis to the sharing of meaningful…
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Building Community Synchronously and Asynchronously
In part 4 of our 8-part series on building healthy online communities, Leighton Seys discusses how to build community both when people are gathered and when…
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Keeping People Engaged in Your Online Community
In part 3 of this 8-part series on building healthy online groups, Leighton Seys shares how to help first-time visitors develop habits of regular engagement…
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Why Visitors Stick in Online Communities
When someone walks into your church for the first time, you don't hand them a tour of every closet. So why shouldonline communities dump everything on new…
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Moving Beyond Livestream
Your church is probably already online. But are you actually reaching anyone — or just posting into the void? In our newseries Building Online Christian…
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Is Online Community Right for Your Church?
Pastor Leighton Seys of www.thechurch.digital dispels common myths about making disciples online, and shares benefits churches have experienced through online…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Cross-Cultural VoicesNobody 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…
Cross-Cultural VoicesTikTok 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…
Cross-Cultural VoicesAm I Ethiopian, American, or Something Else?
Pastor Yosef Zenebe shares the tensions of being raised in an Ethiopian family while attending a primarily white school, and of starting Perazim Church to…
Cross-Cultural VoicesAddressing Mental Health in the Ethnic Church
Pastor Abe Gebeyahu shares how personal loss motivated him to pursue a degree in counseling, and to address mental health issues in the East African immigrant…
Cross-Cultural VoicesWhy Our Church Throws Dance Parties
It's not easy for a first-generation immigrant churches to begin serving their American-born young people. In this episode, Ethiopian American Dr. Abe Gebeyehu…
Cross-Cultural VoicesHow Jesus Meets Doubt
Have you ever felt hesitant to draw near God because of your doubts? Learn how Jesus commended his cousin John, even when he was going through a period of…
Cross-Cultural VoicesSeek Christ First at New Year's
Christians are called to seek first the Kingdom of God, while seeking also to grow in relationships, career, health, and other aspects of life. In this episode…
Cross-Cultural VoicesHow Jesus Meets Rejection
If you've ever faced rejection, you're not alone. Jesus faced rejection from the people of his hometown Nazareth. Learn how Jesus did not try to earn the…
Cross-Cultural VoicesHow Jesus Meets Shame
We discuss how young adults face shame for not measuring up to expectations regarding education, career, marriage, parenting and more, and how Christ covers us…
Cross-Cultural VoicesHow Jesus Meets the Sting of Abuse
Cohost Maisee Vang continues her story with the trauma of childhood sexual abuse, and the healing she has experienced through Christ and the church.
Cross-Cultural VoicesHow Jesus Meets Anxiety
Cross-Cultural Voices' new cohost Maisee Vang shares the anxiety she experienced growing up in a home marked by animism, infidelity, and divorce. She also…
Cross-Cultural VoicesOur Catholic - Baptist Marriage
Jerrin and Danica share their story of navigating the differences between their Catholic and Baptist roots.
Cross-Cultural VoicesOur Indian - American Marriage
Jerrin Job and Danica White share how they navigated the cultural differences between India and America as they formed their relationship.
Cross-Cultural VoicesSurviving Opposite Personalities in Marriage
Oleg and Natalia Siruk continue the story of their married life, sharing how they have committed to love and respect each other despite their very different…
Cross-Cultural VoicesOur Ukrainian-Mexican Marriage
Oleg and Natalia Siruk share their story of forming a strong marriage with very different cultural backgrounds.
Cross-Cultural VoicesFrom Belarus to Breaking Point
Maria Makhnach shares her story of moving from Belarus to America, and of the crisis of faith she experienced after failing required graduation exams.
Cross-Cultural VoicesNavigating Different Worship Styles in Multiethnic Families
Joel and Claire Torres come from Pentecostal and high-church backgrounds. They share how they worked together to discover expressions of worship that meet both…
Cross-Cultural VoicesWelcome to Cross-Cultural Voices' new home
Beginning July 22, 2025, this is the new home for the Cross-Cultural Voices podcast. Same podcast, same team, new home. You've come to just the right place!