It is sobering to think that even when we try to have multi-ethnic churches, often times subtly the "white" approach ends up being the one that we go with.
"Whiteness is a ubiquitous force [so] interracial churches tend to cater to the predilections of whites" Korie Edwards, Elusive Dream, 2008.
Many of us are putting a lot of stress on communicating Jesus' way in a way that is contextualized to that local culture like a missionary. However, it is sobering to see that so many of our locales are becoming homogeneous. They have either expensive housing with good schools or more affordable housing with schools with poor test scores. So, we need to both minister locally but also be aware that we may need to partner with a church in a poor area.
Ominous Milestone: 51% public school students now attend schools where most of their classmates r poor or low-income http://njour.nl/s/92412?oref=t.co …
A nice little report here on how pastors are feeling about their lives and work.
Pastors generally happy with families, finances, preaching. Less with health, administration, world. http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/2015/fall/how-are-you-pastor-really.html … @davidkinnaman
Andy Rowell @AndyRowell 
Ronald Brownstein @RonBrownstein