Update: Part two of my reflections from the conference can now be read over at Out of Ur.

I’ve spent the past couple of days at The Multi-ethnic Church Conference in San Diego.  Originally I hadn’t planned to attend, but got a last minute invitation from a friend that was too good to turn down.  It’s been a good couple of days and some of my initial observations and questions have been posted at Out of Ur.

Our racialized society impacts things like health, employment and even life expectancy and this prejudiced reach extends even to our churches. Only seven percent of congregations can be defined as racially mixed. According to Dr Emerson, the primary reason pastors say their congregations aren’t more diverse is that their towns and neighborhoods aren’t very diverse. Yet statistics show the average church is ten times more segregated than their neighborhood.

The rest can be read over at Out of Ur and I hope to send them one more post early next week.