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Youth Groups In A Diverse New World

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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 If churches want to stay relevant, they need to analyze the demographic makeup of their youth ministry to see if it resembles the diversity of their communities, says a Florida-based youth pastor.

Tom Bolling of Belvedere Baptist Church in West Palm Beach has over 30 years of experience working with youths in church and advises church leaders that they should reevaluate their vision in order to develop a multicultural young adult ministry.

"With the dramatic increase of immigration and the globalization of our society, ministering to a multicultural society is no longer an option. Many of our churches are sounding an alarm and seeking answers as to how to minister to communities of ethnic and economic diversity," Bolling said in a recent article in The Florida Baptist Witness.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/florida-pastor-churches-must-minister-to-a-multicultural-society-its-no-longer-simply-an-option-120514/

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