November is recognized by the United States government as American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month. The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York and in 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed a joint congressional resolution designating November as “National American Indian Heritage Month.” The North American […]
Demographics
Williston, North Dakota is a town of 13,000 people, in a county of 20,000. According to The ARDA, the county is 17% Evangelical and has 17 Evangelical churches, giving it 1 such church for every 1162 people (based on 2000 data). And a few of you pastors need to consider […]
Seriously?! Send Church Planting Teams to Williston, North Dakota?!
Time released a story this week addressing the upcoming (some say it has already happened) milestone of the birth of the 7 billionth person in the world today. They tied this demographic milepost to the continued growth of the mega cities of the world. If you are looking for a […]
Largest and Fastest Growing Cities
A couple of days ago I shared with you the latest U. S. data on the peoples who migrated to the largest metro areas of this country. In this post, I want us to take a step back and get a wider view of what is presently taking place among […]
Where are the Largest Numbers of International Migrants?
A very important report was released yesterday from Brookings titled “Immigrants in 2010 Metropolitan America: A Decade of Change,” by Jill H. Wilson and Audrey Singer. You can read the full report HERE. While U. S. immigration during the first decade of the 21st century was slower than that observed […]
Immigrant Changes in 100 Largest U. S. Metro Areas
The Nashville Baptist Association has self-published a book titled The Peoples of Nashville, providing a glimpse into some of the major people groups living in their city. This book contains numerous pictures and is highly informative. It is also very practical in nature–offering ways for churches to minister to the […]
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