Dear Larry: I am the pastor of a medium-sized African-American church. On any given Sunday, we have at least 250 people. I have been trying to entice more people from the surrounding community. Over the years, the community has changed from almost 100 percent black to mostly Mexican-Americans, whites and Asians.
I have determined that the best way to make the church reflect the community is to start with the children. It is a known fact that if you get the children to attend, the paren ...
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