Webinar: The Future is Multicultural – So What’s the Problem?
Webinar: The Future is Multicultural – So What’s the Problem?
Location: Online
Date: Monday 18 May 2026, 7.30pm to 8.30pm
Explore the challenges of the multicultural church, how we can overcome them and discover hope too.
Open days 2026–27
Choosing where to study is a big decision, so meet our team for yourself and find out what makes Church Mission Society Pioneer Mission Training a unique place to learn and grow.
Open day events (online, UK times):
- Tuesday 3 November 2026, 7.30–8.30pm
- Tuesday 2 March 2027, 1–2pm
- Tuesday 20 April 2027, 7.30–8.30pm
- Tuesday 15 June 2027, 1–2pm
- Tuesday 20 July 2027, 7.30–8.30pm
Or in person at CMS House in Oxford: 10.30am to 2pm
- Tuesday 20 April 2027, 10:30am to 1pm
There is also an opportunity to visit Cuddesdon for those considering ordination in the Church of England.
About the webinar
The future of both the church and mission is undeniably multicultural – shaped by migration, global Christianity, and shifting cultural realities. Yet for many leaders, this future feels more complicated than hopeful. Why is that?
In this webinar, Harvey Kwiyani, CMS Pioneer Mission Training African Christianity Programme Lead and lecturer, explores the deeper challenges beneath the surface of “diversity,” including questions of power, belonging, leadership, and theology.
Drawing on his wider work on cultural diversity and decolonising mission, he will offer a fresh vision for understanding cultural difference not as a problem to solve, but as a gift to receive – alongside practical insights for leading churches into a more shared, participatory life in God’s mission.
Dr Harvey Kwiyani
Harvey is African Christianity Programme Lead and Acts 11 Centre Lead.
He is a Malawian missiologist and theologian who has lived, worked and studied in Europe and North America for the past 20 years.
He has researched African Christianity and African theology for his PhD, and taught African theology at Liverpool Hope University.
Harvey is also founder and executive director of Missio Africanus, a mission organisation established in 2014 as a learning community focused on releasing the missional potential of African and other minority ethnic Christians living in the UK.
