21ST CENTURY LONDON, MULTICULTURALISM, MISOGYNY AND REAL FAMILY.
I recently spent a week based in Colliers Wood in South West London. The occasion was a Fatherheart Ministries A School, the first in London. The event was hosted by Oasis Church which is a large church by British standards. There were about 450 people in attendance at the Sunday morning service. The meeting was a vibrant life filled service. I was impressed by the multicultural make up of the congregation. The Pastor and his wife are Nigerian. Looking across the crowd during the worship there were people of every shade and ethnic background. There were people from Asia, Africa, South America, Europe and the Pacific Islands. I asked about the ethnicity and cultural background of people and over 50 nations are represented in the church. They were all sitting together alongside each other with a comfortable ease that spoke of being at home with each other. At various points in the service participants from diverse backgrounds were involved. There wa...