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Gaining African Americans and African Immigrants to the Church Life
Source: Washington Post
• General approach– Mobilizing existing saints to contact their African-
American friends, neighbors, workmates and college students
• Specific approach– 6 promising HBCUs that have saints who are
faculty– Contacting new immigrants from East Africa,
especially Ethiopia
Changing U.S. Demographics
2044: The year the Census
Bureau projects we’ll have more minorities than
whites in the U.S.
A Religious Portrait of African-Americans
Source: Pew Forum U.S. Religious Landscape Survey; Conducted in 2007, released in 2008
Religious Affiliation and Demographics
College-age Millennials (age
18-24) are considerably
more racially and ethnically diverse than the general
population.
Younger Millennials
report significant levels of
movement from the religious
affiliation of their
childhood, mostly toward
identifying as religiously
unaffiliated.
A Rising share of the U.S Black Population is Foreign Born
9% are immigrants; and while most of are from the Caribbean, Africans
drive recent growth
A record 3.8 million black immigrants live in the United States today, more than four
times the number in 1980
A Brief Snapshot of African Immigrant Christianity
• An example….the Redeemed Christian Church of God in North America, is a Pentecostal movement that started in Nigeria in 1952.
• It is one of Africa's largest and most influential Christian movements, claiming more than five million followers worldwide, mostly in Nigeria.
• Redeemed leaders say there are 720 churches in North America, nearly double from four years ago, and they claim 15,000 members in the US.
• Nearly all attendants of Redeemed Church are Nigerian or African immigrants.
Sources: Pew Research Center, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
African International Students
The growth of the international student population in the United States reflects the
broader global trend of the increasing number of students who pursue higher education
outside their homelands each year.
Source: The Brookings Institute The Geography of Foreign Students in U.S. Higher Education: Origins and Destinations
Many African students are attracted to
campuses that have a high
percentage of international
students.
Source: Campus Explorer- “African International Students”
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States
that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the black community.
Source:Wikipedia; brandnewz.com
How many students are enrolled in HBCUs?
Where are the HBCUs located?
States # of HBCUsAlabama 15Arkansas 4District of Columbia 2Delaware 1Florida 4Georgia 10Kentucky 1Louisiana 6Maryland 4Michigan 1Missouri 2Mississippi 7North Carolina 11Ohio 2Oklahoma 1Pennsylvania 2South Carolina 8Tennessee 7Texas 9Virginia 6Virgin Islands 1West Virginia 2
Total 106
Source: Wikipedia
School City StateAlabama A&M University Huntsville Alabama
J. F. Drake State Technical College Huntsville Alabama
Oakwood University Huntsville Alabama
Arkansas Baptist College Little Rock Arkansas
Philander Smith College Little Rock Arkansas
Shorter College Little Rock Arkansas
University of the District of Columbia Washington District of Columbia
Howard University Washington District of Columbia
Edward Waters College Jacksonville Florida
Florida A&M University Tallahassee Florida
Clark Atlanta University Atlanta Georgia
Interdenominational Theological Center Atlanta Georgia
Morehouse College Atlanta Georgia
Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia
Morris Brown College Atlanta Georgia
Paine College Augusta Georgia
Spelman College Atlanta Georgia
Southern University at Shreveport Shreveport Louisiana
Southern University and A&M College Baton Rouge Louisiana
Coppin State University Baltimore Maryland
There are 41 HBCUs located where there is a church life..
Source: Wikipedia
School City StateMorgan State University Baltimore MarylandJackson State University Jackson MississippiHarris-Stowe State University St. Louis MissouriBennett College Greensboro North CarolinaJohnson C. Smith University Charlotte North CarolinaNorth Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University Greensboro North CarolinaNorth Carolina Central University Durham North CarolinaAllen University Columbia South CarolinaBenedict College Columbia South CarolinaAmerican Baptist College Nashville TennesseeFisk University Nashville TennesseeKnoxville College Knoxville (Mechanicsville) TennesseeLeMoyne-Owen College Memphis TennesseeMeharry Medical College Nashville TennesseeTennessee State University Nashville TennesseeHuston-Tillotson University Austin TexasPaul Quinn College Dallas TexasSt. Philip's College San Antonio TexasTexas College Tyler TexasTexas Southern University Houston TexasVirginia Union University Richmond Virginia
Source: Wikipedia
HBCU's where saints are working as faculty
HBCU State City
Delaware State University Delaware Dover
Clark Atlanta University Georgia Atlanta
Southern University and A&M College Louisiana Baton Rouge
Jackson State University Mississippi Jackson
North Carolina Central University North Carolina Durham
Source: Wikipedia
College Campuses
• A good number of younger African-American students were gained on a college campuses not HBCUs; neither were they specifically targeted, but contacted in a general way just like other students.
• E.g. Campus teams at Georgia State University and Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA.
International Students from Africa
• Usually attend schools where there higher concentrations of other international students
• E.g. Zim Okoli an African Scholar Professor at the University of Kentucky (Lexington), raised up an African-American group meeting.
Community
• The saints can contact their neighbors and workmates who are African-American or African Immigrants
• E.g. Brother Caleb Chen brought some of his workmates who are African Immigrants to the recent Labor Day conference in Houston
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
• Private HBCUs may not be as easy to preach the gospel openly as public HBCUs – Atlanta campus team experience
• Need burdened faculty or students on these campuses; currently we have 6 HBCUs where saints are working as faculty– Delaware State University, Dover, DE– Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA– Southern University and A&M college, Baton Rouge, LA– Jackson State University, Jackson, MS– North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC– Texas Southern University, Houston, TX (pretty soon)
New Immigrants from East Africa
• Gaining Ethiopian Immigrants – the largest group from East Africa to migrate to the United States
• Cities where we have clusters of Ethiopian immigrants in the church life– Houston, TX– Las Vegas, NV (Ben Tewolde)– Los Angeles, CA– Charlotte, NC
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