Pastor Elwood Carson portrays the complexities associated with becoming a multi-ethnic congregation. He talks about having to adapt his African American preaching style as Latino neighbors join the congregation. Also, the congregation embodies differences between people and their various stages and expressions of faith. These are good examples of the types of complexities that accompany adaptive challenges. → On p 104, Martinez notes that there are emotional dimensions of a culture’s worldview, which is one factor concerning how a church thinks about the worship experience. On p 222, Branson writes that “an adaptive challenge is one that will require the church to move forward in a direction it can not see, become something different, learn things it does not know and innovate beyond the current imagination.” Every time a church moves from a homogeneous population to a heterogeneous population, they face serious adaptive changes. On pp 227-230, Branson gives practical tips for leaders facilitating this work. All four of the Carson videos work together to demonstrate many of the specific adaptive challenges Carson’s church faced. Watch the other videos and discuss the adaptive challenges you see present. (This is the fourth video from the interview with Pastor Carson, New Life in Christ Church, Los Angeles.)