Why An International Church?
There are several language-specific and/or ethnic churches in Knoxville, TN and we praise God for the way He is working and moving among His people! We hope that KIC will be able to partner with other cross-cultural churches in Knoxville to work together to reach internationals for Christ!
However, there is not a church for every single ethnic group in Knoxville and planting individual churches for each ethnic group would be a momentous, time-consuming undertaking. With a large and growing international population, there is need for additional places for internationals to worship.
Scripture teaches believers to make disciples cross-culturally and it gives multiple examples of cross-cultural churches within the New Testament.
A church with a cross-cultural emphasis, can:
- put into practice cross-cultural and multi-cultural ministry practices that have proven effective overseas
- partner with churches and ministries to see all peoples have the opportunity to know Christ as revealed in Scripture.
KIC will be a non-language specific international church open to people from any nationality. Our services will be held primarily in English while seeking to incorporate the languages of those present into the worship time. There may also come a time when translation services are made available during the worship time. As is desired within the church body, there may be language-specific Bible Studies and/or small groups
Internationals in Knoxville, TN
Source: peoplegroups.info
There are 45 Different people groups in the greater Knoxville area, including:
8,000 Spanish Speaking American
2,100 Chinese Speakers
1,661 French
1,200 Southeast Asians
1,028 Germans
1,000 Arabs
905 Russians
700 Hindus
University of Tennessee International Students
UTK has students from over 100 different countries
In 2016, there were 1,268 international students at the University of Tennessee Knoxville
In 2017, the demographics of international students at UTK was as follow:
614 Chinese Students
154 Indian Students
65 Saudi Arabian Students
63 Iranian Students
54 South Korean Students
31 Bangladeshi Students
31 Nepali Students
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Email info@kictn.org
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About Knoxville International Church
Knoxville International Church (KIC) is a multiethnic church home for people from all nations and ethnicities.
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