{"id":3027,"date":"2008-04-03T23:26:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T23:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/2008\/04\/mp3-on-multicultural-churches-and-other-sermons-by-tope-koleoso\/"},"modified":"2017-09-16T18:19:51","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T17:19:51","slug":"mp3-on-multicultural-churches-and-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2008\/04\/mp3-on-multicultural-churches-and-other\/","title":{"rendered":"MP3 On Multicultural Churches and Other Sermons by Tope Koleoso"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/298\/2008\/04\/tope.jpg\" align=\"left\">I have just been listening to a message by my pastor, Tope Koleoso, who was recorded at a recent conference on building a multicultural church. I have become so used to what God has been doing these past couple of years at Jubilee that I sometimes need to remind myself that genuinely racially integrated churches are actually far from common. We truly have a lot to be grateful for. I really think you may well enjoy listening to Tope on this subject. The message can be <a href=\"http:\/\/kingscentre.org.uk\/sermons\/audio\/L68%20TK%20Leadership%20challenges%20s.mp3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">downloaded<\/a> or you can listen to it right here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingscentre.org.uk\/sermonarchive.php?search=Multi-cultura\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Other talks from the same conference<\/a> are also available, as is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingscentre.org.uk\/sermonarchive.php?search=gracism\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a series of talks on \u2018gracism\u2019<\/a> preached at another multicultural church in South London.<\/p>\n<p>Tope is a dynamic speaker, and most of the time does not focus on racial issues, preferring to simply get on with preaching the Bible to a church which happens to have different nationalities attending. If you want to hear more of him, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jubilee-church.org\/sermons\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">visit the website of the church I attend<\/a> where you will also find sermons by others, including myself. Tope has also preached at a number of other churches, and some of them have put his messages online: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityhope.co.uk\/Media\/AllMedia.aspx?speaker=Tope%20Koleoso\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tope Koleoso at City Hope Church, Bermondsey<\/a>\u2014\u201dCelebrating Diversity: Move on From Integrating Multiculture to Love and Acceptance,\u201d 10th February 2008.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christchurchlondon.org\/sermondownloads.php?search=tope\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christchurchlondon.org\/sermondownloads.php?search=tope\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tope Koleoso at Christ Church, London<\/a>\u2014\u201dRegaining Refreshing (Acts 3),\u201d 15th April 2007.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cck.org.uk\/Media\/AllMedia.aspx?speaker=Tope%20Koleoso\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cck.org.uk\/Media\/AllMedia.aspx?speaker=Tope%20Koleoso\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tope Koleoso at Church of Christ the King, Brighton<\/a>\u2014\u201dGodliness is Profitable For All Time\u201d and \u201cPursuing the Wonderful God,\u201d December 2006.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have just been listening to a message by my pastor, Tope Koleoso, who was recorded at a recent conference on building a multicultural church. 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