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First Southwest Baptist Church has targeted the hip hop culture in planting several churches. |
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Rickie Bradshaw has discovered the heart language of the 48 million people his organization is trying to touch for Christ.
Rickie is executive director of StreetLife Worldwide and the senior pastor of First Southwest Baptist Church, Alief, TX, a predominantly African American congregation in a Houston suburb that boasts more than 50 language groups attending a nearby high school. StreetLife Worldwide has targeted the hip hop culture for church planting.
"We've been hearing about the 10/40 window for a long time," Rickie says, "but now we're targeting the 13/30 window."
Missiologists created the term "10/40 window" to describe the geographical region between 10° and 40° latitude, which many consider to be the least evangelized region in the world. The 13/30 window refers to people between the ages of 13 and 30, the largest unreached group of people in the world today.
The number one music genre in that age group worldwide is hip hop, with countries such as Kazakhstan, Indonesia, India and even Tibet embracing the style.
But hip hop is more than a style of music . . . |
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Prescription Drugs Growing Problem on Campus
About half of U.S. college students binge drink or abuse drugs, and the number who abuse prescription medication such as painkillers is up sharply, according to a study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University in New York. |
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100 Million Unchurched in America
One out of every three adults (33%) is unchurched -- meaning they have not attended a religious service of any type during the past six months. This represents approximately 73 million adults, plus 27 million teens and children for a total of roughly 100 million Americans. The calculations come from a 2007 survey by the Barna Research Group. |
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Christian Groups Battle for Recognition
The Christian Law Students' Association faces another challenge for one of its chapters as it was recently denied recognition on campus at Pace Law School in White Plains, NY. The school has said the group's beliefs remain too narrow, even after it made alterations to its constitution . . . |
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Study Shows Trends in Asian American Churches
Leadership Network recently released an introductory study covering common trends occurring in several Asian American churches. Highlights from the study show that Asian American churches are diversifying ethnically . . .
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A growing number of churches are rising to the challenge of blending the needs of the poor with the complex nature of building healthcare initiatives. These groups have found a way to give Christian healthcare professionals and vounteers the opportunity to use their unique gifts and abilities to staff church-based clinics.
To read more about churches changing healthcare in their communities, download Pat Springle's full paper, One Heart--Many Models. |
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