Archived News – July 2018
Jul
23
2018
July 9, 2018
This article about North Carolina’s population shift toward greater ethnic and cultural diversity and the effort to bring the gospel to the state’s unchurched people cites a recent study by Baylor sociologists. The study revealed the percentage of multiracial congregations in the U.S. has nearly doubled, although those churches still lack as much diversity as their surrounding neighborhoods.
This article about North Carolina’s population shift toward greater ethnic and cultural diversity and the effort to bring the gospel to the state’s unchurched people cites a recent study by Baylor sociologists. The study revealed the percentage of multiracial congregations in the U.S. has nearly doubled, although those churches still lack as much diversity as their surrounding neighborhoods.
Jul
13
2018
July 6, 2018
This Religion News Service article about multiracial congregations cites a study by Baylor University, which found that the percentage of U.S. multiracial congregations almost doubled between 1998 and 2012. The study also found that the number of U.S. congregants attending an interracial church has reached almost one in five. Co-author Kevin Dougherty, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, is quoted.
This Religion News Service article about multiracial congregations cites a study by Baylor University, which found that the percentage of U.S. multiracial congregations almost doubled between 1998 and 2012. The study also found that the number of U.S. congregants attending an interracial church has reached almost one in five. Co-author Kevin Dougherty, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, is quoted.
Jul
11
2018
July 2, 2018
This article about multiracial congregations cites a study by Baylor University which found that the percentage of U.S. multiracial congregations almost doubled between 1998 and 2012 and the number of U.S. congregants attending an interracial church has reached almost one in five. Co-author Kevin Dougherty, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, said that interracial congregations have long faced challenges, but those that develop a sense of shared identity above and beyond cultural differences are finding success.
This article about multiracial congregations cites a study by Baylor University which found that the percentage of U.S. multiracial congregations almost doubled between 1998 and 2012 and the number of U.S. congregants attending an interracial church has reached almost one in five. Co-author Kevin Dougherty, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, said that interracial congregations have long faced challenges, but those that develop a sense of shared identity above and beyond cultural differences are finding success.
Jul
9
2018
July 7, 2018
Recent Baylor research on multiracial congregations is localized in this feature about a pulpit swap between pastors of two First Baptist churches in downtown Nashville — one mostly black and the other mostly white. Co-author Kevin Dougherty, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, is quoted. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, worked with Holly Meyer, longtime religion reporter at the Tennessean, on this article, which also was picked up by the Associated Press wire and distributed to hundreds of U.S. newspapers.)
Recent Baylor research on multiracial congregations is localized in this feature about a pulpit swap between pastors of two First Baptist churches in downtown Nashville — one mostly black and the other mostly white. Co-author Kevin Dougherty, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, is quoted. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, worked with Holly Meyer, longtime religion reporter at the Tennessean, on this article, which also was picked up by the Associated Press wire and distributed to hundreds of U.S. newspapers.)