Empower Diverse Leadership
"There is no place in the New Testament where quotas are prescribed for leadership within the church. Attempts to otherwise set them can only be seen as human and therefore flawed (albeit noble) efforts to engineer what some would see as a greater good. Therefore quotas are not recommended for those seeking to empower diverse leadership within a local church.
However, we should not expect to integrate our leadership teams through random prayer or wishful thinking. Diverse individuals of godly character, theological agreement and shared vision do not just arrive on waves of whim. Rather, they must be intentionally sought and like the best of college coaches, multi-ethnic planters and reformers must continually be on the look out for potential recruits. When we find them, we should establish a dialogue, mindful that there may be an opportunity for formal partnership together at some point in the future."
Excerpt from the book, Building a Healthy Multi-ethnic Church by Mark DeYmaz (Release date - Fall, 2007: Jossey-Bass / Leadership Network)
"Racially diverse leadership tends to reflect the racial diversity of the church members in multiracial congregations. Even if the official clergy leadership was not racially diverse, the laity leadership (elders, deacons) tended to be multiracial. Multiracial leadership is especially vital as it concerns the attraction of African-Americans into a congregation."
-George Yancey-