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(from cache of markdeymaz.com/glue/2009/09/25-faqs-re-the-multiethnic-church.html) 25 FAQs about the Multi-ethnic Church, answered by Mark DeYmaz As a special bonus for those of you tuned into The Nines today, here are 25 questions I am frequently asked to address by those who hear me speak in a live audience setting. In addressing them here, I hope to provide you with a …
Multiracial Congregations in America: Looking for “a more realistic picture of what the world looks like” Elfriede Wedam, University of Illinois at Chicago Multiracial congregations in the U.S. are rare. In a recent national study, Michael Emerson and his colleagues found that mixed race congregations, those having no more than 80 percent of any one …
Ethno-Racial Diversity within Religious Congregations in Indianapolis by Elfriede Wedam (Research Notes, Vol. 2, No. 4, August 1999) … Using data from the Religion and Urban Culture Project, we have identified how some congregations engage in what social analysts call “boundary-spanning” activities that bring “outsiders” into their previously homogeneous organizations. Our investigation suggests that diversity …