Demographers project that by 2010, Anglos will make up less than half of the total Texas population, but Texas Baptist churches as a whole remain overwhelmingly Anglo. The inner cities of the state are desperately in need of church and ministry-oriented programs. Morally and spiritually, Texas is in crisis. Families struggle to stay intact. The Lone Star State is a national leader in many of the wrong things.
Moral decay is pervasive, touching every level of society.
Statistics on violent crime, teen pregnancy, abortion and child abuse reveal this decay. Texas' prison population is the third largest in the world. The state's largest employer is the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Changes in culture and church life mandate careful scrutiny of how to do missions and where to spend mission dollars. The paradox of high-tech industrial expansion combined with massive immigration must be met by Texas Baptists' resources and vision.