“For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more, and to the Jews, I became as Jews, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. Now this I do for the gospels sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.” I Cor.9:19-23

which encourages us as believers in Christ, to present the gospel of our Lord and Savior, to a people of a land in a form they can understand. Then ask the question, what would be one of the visible expressions of the church of today, if this method of ministry was presented some 100 years ago in the region of America known as the Great Plains frontier?

The history of the First Nations people of North America examines the problems in the Church of our Lord and Savior, when people with different cultures come together.

For the First Nations people of North America, the consequences of their interaction with non-native people have been both productive and tragic. The Europeans believed they had “discovered” a “New World”, but their religious views, cultural bias, and materialistic world view kept them from appreciating and understanding the people who lived in it. The North American First Nations people, described and portrayed in thousands of movies, television programs, books, articles, and government studies, has either been raised to the status of the “noble savage” or established as the “wild Indian” who resisted the westward expansion of the American frontier. Where in this popular view are the real First Nations people, the human beings and communities? Where are the men and women who are today diligently struggling to assert their Christian heritage and belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and express once again the value of their heritage and culture.

The "The Banquet in the Wilderness" is a ministry of reconciliation. II Cor.5:20 This ministry is an expression of a remnant of our Lords church from Native, African, White and Hispanic American culture’s sharing a message of reconciliation outlined in the Book of Acts in Chapters 10 and 11 about the early church. You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to keep company with or go to one of another nation.

“But God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean…. In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.”

The New International Version expresses Acts 10:34-35 in this way,

“I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right.”

This message is what “The Banquet in the Wilderness” expresses, as it ministers in song, dancing of prayers and communion before our Lord. Our desire is that you see in your heart a Kingdom World View, which is seen as God’s perspective from heaven, which is reflected in Revelations 15:4 All tribes/or nations worshiping together in heaven. So if worshiping our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, together with people from all cultures is acceptable in heaven, then on earth it must be acceptable and encouraged.