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Originally Posted by DividedThigh
obviously as the demographics of our churches change and they become more culturally diverse the situation with leadership will follow, just makes sense, dt  |
From my experience, nothing could be farther from the truth! If the leadership (pastor first) of the church does not have a genuine desire to reach and assimilate different cultures into the congregation, a change in demographics will have little to no effect on the local church. I have seen all white churches who's neighborhood changed around them into an all black neighborhood, and the church just became more and more uncomfortable until they relocated outside that neighborhood to another predominately white area. This is in fact a phenomenon that is being addressed in many conference now, because there are thousands of churches who have abandoned their neighborhoods and left them without spiritual impact in order to move where they are more comfortable.