In his Episcopal Priority Focus, an initiative started eight years ago, Bishop Joe Wilson encouraged churches to commit their energies to building greater sensitivity and joy in diversity. We cannot know God unless we get to know the different kinds of people he created. Much of a congregation's makeup is dependent on the location of the church, Chaney said. The most diverse churches tend to be in larger cities. They tend to grow slowly and they mirror the area they reflect, Chaney said.
Churches reflect what is happening in the community.
American community to develop as much as you want into a multiracial or multicultural church. And though growth for multicultural churches remains slow, it's steady, said William Merrell, vice president for convention relations of the Southern Baptist Convention's executive committee. I do think there's more interest, not only in starting more multicultural churches as well as existing churches becoming more reflective of their communities. People are realizing that what we typically call ethnic differences are truly skin deep. E.W. Scripps Publications , All Rights Reserved.