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Do we need to integrate our churches? by Naomi Schaefer Riley (New York Post – February 23, 2015) ‘When it comes to race, our churches must reflect the united kingdom of Christ more than the divided states of America.” That’s the mission of a Southern Baptist Convention-hosted conference in Nashville next month. In the wake …
Fostering multiethnic churches easier said than done, pastors say: Congregations must make racial diversity a core value that guides hiring decisions, worship planning and every other facet of church life, Baptist ministers say. by Jeff Brumley (Baptist News Global — January 29, 2015) The Southern Baptist Convention can cure the nation’s racial tensions if its churches …
Young Pastor a Bridge for Multi-Ethnic Community by Heather Sells, CBN News Reporter (Christian Broadcasting Network News – December 31, 2014) WASHINGTON — Latinos in the United States are expected to triple in size by the year 2050, when they’ll make up close to 30 percent of the population. That trend is one reason why …
How the Multiethnic Church Can Help Solve the Social Divide by Corey Widmer (V3 Church Planting Movement — December 2014) … in light of the recent events in Ferguson, New York, and Cleveland, our youth pastor decided to have some open conversations with our youth to help them process all that was happening. Though our …
Evangelical Leaders Ponder America’s Race Problem: Is the Multiethnic Church the Solution? by Alex Murashko (Christian Post, December 17, 2014) Evangelical pastors and leaders agreed during a panel discussion livestreamed on Tuesday from the historic Lorraine Motel and National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis about the need for the church in America to be more …
How Churches Are Slowly Becoming Less Segregated: Pastors Seeking Racially Diverse Congregations Cope With Culture Clashes; Should Children Be Shushed? (Wall Street Journal — October 13, 2014) CINCINNATI—As voices and music swelled on a recent Sunday morning, bringing a traditional 19th-century hymn to an arena-rock crescendo, hands of all hues reached toward the heavens. “This is …
Multi-Ethnic Churches Lament America’s Racial Injustice: The American church must do better in providing spiritual leadership toward a healing response. Gabriel Salguero, J. Mark DeYmaz, Le Que Vu-Heidkamp, Jeanette Salguero, Bryan Loritts, David Anderson, Eugene Cho (TIME Magazine, August 25, 2014) Throughout this past week the attention of our nation has been rightly set on Ferguson, Missouri. Tragedy and tensions in this small …
New Church Growth Strategy: Intentional Ethnic Diversity: How some traditionally white churches and denominations are staving off attendance decline through diversification strategies. by Helen Lee (OnFaith — May 2014) At First Covenant Church (FCC) in St. Paul, Minnesota, a church with longstanding roots in the city’s East Side neighborhood, you can still find families with …
Transitioning Church to Become Multicultural is Difficult Process, Says Texas Pastor by Jessica Martinez (Christian Post – March 20, 2014) A Texas pastor advises church leaders that aim to reach Hispanic families, to embrace Latino’s relationship-driven culture and be willing to hire a diverse, bilingual staff within the congregation. Transitioning a monocultural church into a multicultural …
The Local Church is Primarily Responsible for Segregation Within Congregations, Says Multi-Ethnic Network Leader by Morgan Lee (Christian Post, January 29, 2014) Where do Christians meet the people they choose to hang out with outside of church? Where did you meet the friends you will be watching the Super Bowl with? What about the group …