Create a church.

Can you create a church these guys would go to?

Can you create a church they would go to together?

Are We Asking the Wrong Question?

Psychological experiments are often done with white, middle-class, college-age kids. The problem with this is that it is difficult to determine that results from such studies are applicable to all diverse populations. The same can be said about new church growth models. If you haven't noticed most Purpose Driven churches are maganged by white people. Now the emerging church is coming into it's own. I dare you to try to find an emerging church that A. has an African-American lead pastor or even B. has one African-American pastor on staff. Go aheand I'll wait. I know because I've really looked and have yet to find one.
If this is the case, this movement is in trouble. I'm apart of a new church whose goal is to reach the unchurched. We always talk about the unchurched. The question is, is this only a "white-person" question? Is there a different question we need to ask when attempting to reach 20-somethings from an African-American population who don't go to church? Is it possible to create a diverse church of 20-somethings?