Hello;
Perhaps this is a controversial thread.
But the question begs to be asked, "Of Western missionaries focused on foreign lands, where are all the blacks?" African-Americans are very under-represented proportionately in foreign missions.
Is this due to racism in the US? Is this due to an urban US focus (i.e. missions-minded blacks serving their own communities in US cities)? Is it due to abiding sins on the black churches in the US?
Is this a problem just for blacks or also for all Western ethnic minorities? I know several Latin and Asian, or mixed-Asian missionaries, but hardly any US blacks. In fact, the only black missionary I ever met on US soil was a Islamic imam from Sudan who ws a Muslim missionary to St. Louis.
Why?
What do US churches do? What do our own churches do?
Anyone know any black missionaries, any groups that have a large percentage of their missionaries being black or minority? Any advice on how to enable, empower, help black reformed churches getmore missions-minded?
P.s. I am supported by one black calvinistic church. All my other churches are mostly pasty, lower to midle class suburban or rural whites.
p.s.s. here's some web resources about some of the African-American efforts in the past:
African American Church Intercultural Missions
Black history month: Christian missionaries
Disciples Home Missions Leaders: black ministries
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One possible solution, but I don't know is this:
Most blacks went Methodist, and Methodism went liberal and their missions zeal died...therefore black zeal died.
Therefore, as more blacks become reformed we should see a sky-rocketing statistical increase this decade and next, right?
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Perhaps this is a controversial thread.
But the question begs to be asked, "Of Western missionaries focused on foreign lands, where are all the blacks?" African-Americans are very under-represented proportionately in foreign missions.
Is this due to racism in the US? Is this due to an urban US focus (i.e. missions-minded blacks serving their own communities in US cities)? Is it due to abiding sins on the black churches in the US?
Is this a problem just for blacks or also for all Western ethnic minorities? I know several Latin and Asian, or mixed-Asian missionaries, but hardly any US blacks. In fact, the only black missionary I ever met on US soil was a Islamic imam from Sudan who ws a Muslim missionary to St. Louis.
Why?
What do US churches do? What do our own churches do?
Anyone know any black missionaries, any groups that have a large percentage of their missionaries being black or minority? Any advice on how to enable, empower, help black reformed churches getmore missions-minded?
P.s. I am supported by one black calvinistic church. All my other churches are mostly pasty, lower to midle class suburban or rural whites.
p.s.s. here's some web resources about some of the African-American efforts in the past:
African American Church Intercultural Missions
Black history month: Christian missionaries
Disciples Home Missions Leaders: black ministries
-----Added 1/1/2009 at 08:47:05 EST-----
One possible solution, but I don't know is this:
Most blacks went Methodist, and Methodism went liberal and their missions zeal died...therefore black zeal died.
Therefore, as more blacks become reformed we should see a sky-rocketing statistical increase this decade and next, right?
-----Added 1/11/2009 at 01:52:17 EST-----
80 views but no comments?