Present Future Workshops Address "Six Tough Questions"
Fuller Theological Seminary, in cooperation with co-hosting churches on the West coast, is sponsoring The Present Future Workshop: Tackling Six Tough Questions for the Church with author Dr. Reggie McNeal. Based on McNeal's book, The Present Future, the workshops are presented around six crucial issues that are facing the U.S. church today:

1.	A collapsing church culture;
2.	A shift from church growth;
3.	A new reformation;
4.	A return to spiritual formation;
5.	A shift from planning to preparing; and
6.	The rise of apostolic leadership.

Hispanics Lead U.S. Population Growth
Minorities are coming closer to becoming a majority in the United States, with Hispanics as the fastest-growing group, according to Census Bureau statistics released recently.

Hispanics born as American citizens accounted for more than a third of the population increase in 2005. Hispanics are the largest minority group at 42.7 million. Blacks represented the second-largest minority group, with 39.7 million people. They are followed by Asians (14.4 million), American Indians and Alaska natives (4.5 million), and native Hawaiians and other Pacific islanders (990,000).

Census statistics also show that 45 percent of children under age 5 are from a racial or ethnic minority. The overall U.S. population totaled 296.4 million in 2005; 33 percent of that number, or 98 million, were minorities.

Canadians Put Faith in God, Skip Church
Church attendance continues to decline in Canada, but religious beliefs among Canadians remain as strong as they were a decade ago, according to an Ipsos Reid poll conducted during April 2006.

Six in ten Canadians believe that "through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, God provided the way for the forgiveness of sins," but only 17% reported regular church attendance of at least once a week--a dip of 4% over the last decade.

"There's a huge gap between those who believe and those who belong," said Andrew Grenville, senior vice president of the polling firm. "There are three times as many believers as there are regular attenders."