racial divisions in Pentecost

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>>>>> "caryle" == caryle clear <cpcj@sprynet.com> writes:

    caryle> I've been reading these posts with some interest.  I live
    caryle> in Cincinnati, Ohio.  I'm not sure how it compares with
    caryle> other mid-large sized cities as far as racism is
    caryle> concerned, but I can share something with you.

    caryle> If any churches are "racially" separate, in my area it is
    caryle> because the neighborhood the church is established in is
    caryle> also racially separate.  It has been my experience that
    caryle> churches in well blended neighborhoods have well blended
    caryle> congregations.  My church is in a predominantly white
    caryle> mid-upper class neighborhood.  We have mostly white
    caryle> attendance (I and one other family are biracial).  Zion
    caryle> Temple across town in a mostly black neighborhood has
    caryle> predominantly black attendance.  Etc. Etc.  That is
    caryle> because of demographics, not design, as far as I've seen.

I question this conclusion.  Churches I have attended over the last 20 
years generally draw a congregation from a rather wide geographic
area, not just their own local neighborhood.  Conduct a survey at your 
church by looking in the church phone book and find out how many
members actually live in that local neighborhood.  I think you may
need to find another explanation for the make-up of the congregation
than the neighborhood the church is located in.

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