As non-whites become majority, youth ministries adjust
According to recent U.S. census data, for the first time ever, the majority of people age 16 and under are non-white, as reported by the Associated Press.
According to recent U.S. census data, for the first time ever, the majority of people age 16 and under are non-white, as reported by the Associated Press.
By Amy WhitfieldNASHVILLE (BP) – Julio Arriola has been named executive director of Hispanic relations and mobilization at the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee. The new role is a partnership, jointly funded by the EC and the North American Mission Board with a primary focus to bring more Hispanic churches into the Southern Baptist family.”Julio […]
“We see the international mission field coming to our neighborhood.”
“I was expecting a good response, but not quite that good.”
“We wanted to do this as a show of unity, but for it also to speak to the community.”
“He said to me and my brothers, ‘Christ gave His life for us, so we must give ours for him.”
“…there was nothing in my ministry experience that I could compare with this explosion of diversity.”
This is the seventh of a dozen stories highlighting the upcoming Nov. 14-15 annual meeting of the Georgia Baptist Convention in Savannah. The stories are being published on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday through Nov. 11 and include both Convention-related content and a look at how the Savannah Baptist Association is making a Kingdom impact in […]