Minority Milestone in the US birthrate...
In the last couple days I've been following a reading trail which presents a milestone in US demographic history. From now on, there will always be more minorities born in this country than Euro-Americans. Several publications document this threshold, here is one from the Washington Post.How many majority-culture churches are aware of this trend? How many care? Sadly, for those paying attention, many will see this development as more of a threat than an opportunity... The youth of this country is the future, and it will be a very diverse story. Yet, the suspicious boundaries between ethnicities and cultures persist. Christian self-segregation mutes God's intention for the church to be a contrast community visibly demonstrating the reconciliation power of the gospel. Unity has no meaning apart from diversity. Likewise, unity means nothing without participation.
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