Multi-ethnic / Multi-racial Congregations
- CRCC in the NewsThe New York Times: The Creation of a Modern MegachurchIn a few years, Zerephath Christian Church in New Jersey has transformed from the dwindling base of a little-known denomination to a large megachurch. The New York Times reported on this transition, turning to CRCC’s …Topics: Branding and Marketing, Christians and Christianity, Creativity and Innovation, Evangelicals and Evangelicalism, Megachurches, Multi-ethnic / Multi-racial Congregations
- CRCC in the NewsThinkProgress: Multiracial Churches Gaining ProminenceIn the era of Trump’s presidency, multi-racial churches are growing in prominence. Their organizing is a response to and departure from the racism embedded in predominantly white evangelical Christianity, ThinkProgress reported an article that features …Topics: Creativity and Innovation, Evangelicals and Evangelicalism, Multi-ethnic / Multi-racial Congregations, National and Cultural Identity, Race and Culture, Race and Ethnicity
- CommentaryShooting at Charleston AME Church Won’t Slow Civil Rights ChurchIn addition to serving as the Executive Director of the Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement, Rev. Mark Whitlock is pastor of Christ Our Redeemer AME Church in Irvine, CA. Last night, …Topics: Black Church, CMCCE, Multi-ethnic / Multi-racial Congregations, Race and Culture, Violence
- CommentaryL.A.’s Congregations Raise New Questions About Multiracial ChurchesThe Southern Baptist Convention is turning its attention to race this month, with its policy arm changing the topic of its annual spring summit from bioethics to multiracial churches. The move revealed …Topics: Christians and Christianity, Community Dynamics, Creativity and Innovation, Multi-ethnic / Multi-racial Congregations, Race and Culture
- CommentaryDowntown L.A. Captures Pentecostalism’s Past, Present and Future“When people ask me, ‘What good can come out of Skid Row?’ I tell them that the people of God come out of Skid Row!” Pastor Cue’s sermon hit a crescendo as …Topics: Community Dynamics, Creativity and Innovation, Economic Inequality, Multi-ethnic / Multi-racial Congregations, Pentecostals and Pentecostalism, Place and Religion, Southern California
- CommentaryThe (Next) Fire Next TimeAs I watched nationwide protests flare after the grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson of Ferguson, MO, I couldn’t help thinking that despite the progress Americans think we’ve made …Topics: Community Dynamics, Creativity and Innovation, Multi-ethnic / Multi-racial Congregations, Protests and Uprisings, Race and Culture, Social Services
- CommentaryIt’s Already 2040 at a Seminary Near YouAccording to U.S. Census projections, sometime during the 2040s America’s white population will no longer be the majority, but only the largest of several sizeable ethnic-racial groups in the country. The Association …Topics: Community Dynamics, Creativity and Innovation, Demographics, Multi-ethnic / Multi-racial Congregations, Population Trends, Race and Ethnicity, Southern California
- CommentaryBlack History Month: Looking Foward, Looking BackThis post originally appeared on Trans-Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. At the beginning of Black History month we were greeted with tragic news: Don Cornelius, the founder …Topics: Community Dynamics, Media, Multi-ethnic / Multi-racial Congregations, Muslims and Islam, Pentecostals and Pentecostalism, Race and Ethnicity, Religious Affiliation, Transmissions