"The Matter of Gaining African-Americans"

[Koinonia]

Originally Posted by Drake

So yours is a USA viewpoint.

So? The LC is almost certainly majority Asian in a number of other Western countries too, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and some places in Europe (like France).

My USA viewpoint has been coast to coast and in the middle and if you had said those of Chinese descent were disproportionately higher than the demographics of the country I might have agreed. But I do not think Chinese folk represent the majority in the churches in the USA.

I disagree. In most the LC's largest population centers in the USA--Southern California, Northern California, Pacific Northwest, New York/New Jersey--it is certainly majority Asian (in many places, even vastly so), and the demographics are rapidly tilting in other places like Texas where you now have whole churches, like Plano and Richardson, that are almost entirely Asian only.

And for a look at "the next generation of the Lord's recovery," visit any YP conference or FTTA graduation (or any of the "seven feasts"), and the issue will become clear. I just looked at pictures of my FTTA graduating class from a decade ago, and the number is about 70% Asian (which includes me).

Maybe I am wrong but I would like to read the exact quote from Minoru to understand it. Where may I find it?

Drake

I don't know that this has ever been printed. Minoru Chen likes to talk a lot about this, though. And entire sections of the FTTA's "God-Ordained Way" class has been dedicated to the need to gain "typical Americans" for a very long time.