Southern Baptists See Ethnic Growth
The number of ethnic congregations in the Southern Baptist Convention has far outstripped the rate of growth in the denomination as a whole, according to statistics released by the convention’s Home Mission Board.
Oscar Romo, director of language church extension for the board, said that while the number of Southern Baptist congregations increased 5.45% between 1980 and 1989, the number of ethnic churches increased 142.86%.
Romo said total membership in the denomination’s ethnic churches increased 93.73% during that period.
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