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ThinkProgress: Multiracial Churches Gaining Prominence<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n By<\/span>CRCC Staff<\/strong>\n \n May 11, 2017<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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In the era of Trump’s presidency, multi-racial churches are growing in prominence. Their organizing is a response to and departure from the racism embedded in predominantly white evangelical Christianity,\u00a0ThinkProgress<\/em>\u00a0reported\u00a0an article that features CRCC research associate Andrew Johnson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Sociologist Andrew Johnson, a research associate at the University of Southern California\u2019s Center for Religion and Civic Culture, said that some Christian organizations shy away from discussions about race and gender for fear of alienating their members. He argues that evangelical churches are facing an identity crisis after Trump\u2019s election, and it will likely result in progressive evangelicals distancing themselves from a term that\u2019s become synonymous with a conservative religious agenda. Instead of evangelicals, he predicts that they\u2019ll call themselves Jesus-followers or redemption Christians.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest work churches need to do is redeem their moral voice in society,\u201d he said. \u201cOver the past few decades, they have sacrificed being an unattached kind of moral voice for political power. People in this country no longer look to churches for moral guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson said getting the public to view the church differently will be a difficult task but that multicultural churches may serve as a beacon for others.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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