Ethnicity

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Despite potential barriers within the congregation, the community and the broader culture, new Hispanic churches in the U.S. are reaching new people and welcoming new faces.

BIXBY, Okla. – Two men from the Muscogee Creek Nation were honored as “Native American Trailblazers” during the recent regional meeting of the Fellowship of Native American Christians.

RICHMOND, Va. – The International Mission Board hosted the first-ever Mission School for Lay Leaders of Korean Baptists Nov. 11-12. Fifty-four Korean American pastors and lay leaders from eight different churches in the U.S. traveled to Richmond to attend.

BOISE, Idaho – Melvin Oliva, an active Christian for many years, started studying the Bible with purpose this August.

WOODSTOCK, Ga. (BP) – Living Stones Slavic Church has a plan to get bigger by going smaller.

NEW ORLEANS – The “Abre Mis Ojos” (Open My Eyes) conference brought more than 700 people to New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Sept. 19-20.

Three Southern Baptist Asian groups sent people overseas this summer, to Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and the Philippines. All reported amazing stories of God at work with and through them.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nearly a quarter of Southern Baptist churches are non-white. The growth of multi-ethnic minority churches and their increasing desire to understand the SBC were the stimulus for a monumental suggestion:

LA VERGNE, Tenn. (BP) – Worshipers sang “Santo por siempre,” translated “Holy forever,” as worship pastor Javier Chirinos led praise Aug. 17 during the 11:30 a.m. Spanish language service at La Vergne Community Church. Non-Spanish speakers joined in, aided by the Polyglossia app.

INDIANAPOLIS – Three adults from the Southern Baptist Fellowship group Myanmar Baptist Churches U.S.A. led a two-week mission trip to Central Asia in July as chaperones for seven youth ages 14 to 17.