Pastors who say their church is mostly one racial group
Percent of U.S. Protestant pastors, 2017 (in percent)
Key finding
- Pastors who say their church is mostly one racial group: 81%. Percent of Protestant pastors who say their church mostly consists of one racial group
Source: Lifeway Research, Protestant Pastors Want Churches to be Diverse, See Slow Progress · Lifeway Research phone survey of 1,000 Protestant pastors conducted last fall. Article published 2018-03-20.
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Pastors who say their church is mostly one racial group: 81%. Percent of Protestant pastors who say their church mostly consists of one racial group.
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Lifeway Research, 2017. Source: Lifeway Research, Protestant Pastors Want Churches to be Diverse, See Slow Progress (https://research.lifeway.com/2018/03/20/protestant-pastors-want-churches-to-be-diverse-see-slow-progress/).
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