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(Lifeway) Bob Smietana–Most Pastors Claim to Want a Diverse Flock, but Few Have One

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Kendall Harmon

Having a racially diverse church remains more dream than reality for most Protestant pastors. More than eight in ten (85 percent) say every church should strive for racial diversity, according to a survey from Nashville-based LifeWay Research.

But few have diverse flocks.

Most (86 percent) say their congregation is predominately one racial or ethnic group.

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One comment on “(Lifeway) Bob Smietana–Most Pastors Claim to Want a Diverse Flock, but Few Have One”

  1. Jon R says:
    January 19, 2014 at 6:14 am

    I live in a diocese with a Sri Lankan Archbishop, who after experience in New Zealand with their three Tihanga’s, has allowed the formation of ethnic based Sudanese congregations within the Diocese. I wait with some interest, to see how this expresses the idea we are all one in Christ.