Why young Chinese Americans don’t go to church

Age & Generations, Attendance, Culture Frame, Immigrant Congregations, Interviews

Question: Why don’t young Chinese Americans go to church? Lying at the intersection of America’s most nonreligious ethnic group and America’s most nonreligious age demographic, young adult Chinese Americans (aged 25-40) are one of the most secular groups in the United States. That is, they are the most likely to be unaffiliated with any institutionalized religion.…

Difficulties of Diversity – Why So Few Congregations are Racially Integrated

Authority & Power, Commitment & Belonging, Culture Frame, Multicultural Congregations, Race & Ethnicity, Surveys

Question: Why are so few congregations racially integrated? Racial diversity in congregations is a popular topic among religious leaders and researchers of religion. Despite a desire for diversity, multiracial congregations are difficult to create and sustain. Less than one in ten U.S. congregations are classified as multiracial, meaning that no single racial group makes up…