"Whites will comprise less than half of the U.S. population by 2042, about eight years earlier than previously thought, according to a report to be released by the Census Bureau. The transition, long predicted by demographers, will spell big changes for the nation's schools and work force.
Over the next four decades the non-Hispanic white population will get older, eventually going into decline between 2030 and 2040. Minorities will become a majority of the population aged zero to 17 years first -- in about 15 years -- and move up through age groups for there.
'We are going to become more diverse in more parts of the country and in more of the age structure sooner,' said William Frey, senior demographer at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank."
Read the entire article by Conor Dougherty as orignially reported in the wall Street Journal, August 14, 2008.
So here's the question: how are you and your church beginning to adjust?
For in an increasingly diverse and cynical society, people will no longer find credible the message of God's love for all people when it's preached from segregated pulpits and pews.
Throuhgout this blog, you will find helpful resources meant to inform and inspire you toward a present future related to growing movement toward multi-ethnic churches in the U.S. and beyond.
For more specific interaction, my books Building a Healthy Multi-ethnic Church (Jossey-Bass / Leadership Network, 2007) and Ethnic Blends (Zondervan / Leadership Network, April, 2010) are available via Amazon.
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