The number of multiracial churches is growing, but leaders of color who work in them still see attitudes of white supremacy. “You have to abandon some of your ethnic culture and become more palatable to the majority white culture,' says a Black pastor.
In Fort Worth, Texas, a white Southern Baptist pastor named Randal Lyle heard about Michael Emerson and his multiracial church movement and resolved to diversify his own nearly all-white church, Meadowridge Baptist. The obstacles were quickly apparent.
After reviewing Michael Emerson's books and videos on the subject, Lyle realized big changes at his church would be needed. He changed the sign out front to say,"All Races United In Christ." The staff bought new toys for the children's room, making sure they reflected racial diversity. They changed the artwork in the church, and Lyle organized a choir."When I first came here, I said, 'We're not going to do choir,'" Lyle said.
"Sometimes, there was stares," she says."People looking at you kind of strangely. And then I just made it my mission to hug. So I started hugging people." The number of multiracial churches has actually been growing in the United States. A recently completed survey of congregations by Michael Emerson, now at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Kevin Dougherty of Baylor University and Mark Chaves of Duke Universitythat the share of churches defined as"multiracial," with at least one out of five members from a minority background, grew from 6% in 1998 to 16% in 2019.
"I came to a point where I realized that, you know, these multiracial churches, just because they're multiracial, doesn't mean they have somehow escaped white supremacy," she says."Being diverse doesn't mean that white people are not going to still be in charge and run things.", Little Edwards argued that people of color often lose out.
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