Diversity in Church

[StillStanding]

It's been said many times that Sunday @ 11:00am is the most segregated hour in America. I heard yesterday that only 15% of churches are multi-cultural. Half of them are leaning more and more to one particular culture. That leaves only 7.5% of churches that are truly multi-cultural.

If you ask almost ANY church, they will say that all races and cultures are welcome. What they really mean is that you are welcome as long as you accept our style, culture and leadership as is.

What are different races and cultures of people looking for in a church?

1. People and LEADERSHIP that they can relate to.
2. Worship music that they are comfortable with.

BTW, this is not only a black and white issue. Increasingly, it's becoming a Latino and Asian issue too.

What can you do?
1. Put people in Leadership of different races and cultures. Visitors will see one of "their people" up front.
2. Diversify styles of music to accommodate different cultures and age groups.

The truth is that you must be assertive in making your church a multicultural church. Left on it's own, your church will be a white church that has a few blacks in attendance, or a black or Latino church that has a few whites in attendance. People tend to migrate to where they feel comfortable.