This book offers multiethnic congregations a homiletical paradigm under the title «positive marginality». The paradigm includes the five principles of positive marginality: Embrace, Engage, Establish, Embody, and Exhibit. Seven preachers of multiethnic churches in six different countries offer valuable insights.

Having grown up in different parts of the world, Woosung Calvin Choi has acquired a unique cultural background and is fluent in English, Korean, Persian, and Turkish. A graduate of Woodstock School in Mussoorie, India, Choi completed his undergraduate degree in engineering at Boston University. After working as an engineer, he sensed a call to ministry and entered Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia where he received an MDiv. He holds a ThM from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a PhD in homiletics from London School of Theology, United Kingdom. He currently serves as the Senior Pastor of Watertown Evangelical Church in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Contents: The Emergence of Cross-cultural Preaching – An Intercultural Model for Use in Homiletics – The Concept of Positive Marginality – Positive Marginality as a Homiletical Paradigm – A Biblical Perspective on Positive Marginality – Research Design and Methods – How the Preachers Reflect Positive Marginality as a Homiletical Paradigm.