Book Launch and Dialogue Around Intercultural Ministry

Building Mennonite Belonging explores the complex interplay of ethnicity, culture, race, and faith in Canada and other multicultural societies. Drawing on missional and Anabaptist-Mennonite ecclesiologies, Pablo Kim Sun highlights the church’s intercultural vocation and argues that intercultural belonging and becoming are essential expressions of Christian witness in a post-Christendom and increasingly diverse world.

Envisioning new possibilities for faith communities in the twenty-first century, this book invites churches to move beyond simply welcoming diversity toward becoming communities shaped by mutual transformation, shared identity, and deeper participation in God’s reconciling mission. Building Mennonite Belonging is both a theological reflection and a practical guide for churches seeking to embody a more faithful, inclusive, and intercultural way of being.

Our society, neighbourhoods, and church communities are becoming increasingly diverse as people from different cultural, ethnic, and racial backgrounds encounter one another. While this diversity brings rich gifts and new possibilities, it also invites important questions about identity, belonging, and how communities are transformed. Drawing on stories, Scripture, theological reflection, research, and his work with Christian denominations across Canada, Pablo Kim Sun will explore the practice of intercultural engagement, the relationship between belonging and becoming, and the call for faithful leadership and Christian witness in an increasingly diverse world.

About Pablo Kim Sun

Pablo Kim Sun is a theologian, researcher, and intercultural ministry practitioner who works with churches and Christian denominations across Canada. His writing and teaching focus on intercultural engagement, missional leadership, and helping faith communities cultivate authentic belonging across cultural, ethnic, and racial differences.