Robert Coleman is Distinguished Professor of Discipleship and Evangelism at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. For many years, Coleman directed the School of World Mission and Evangelism at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School while also serving as dean of the Billy Graham International Schools of Evangelism and director of the Billy Graham Institute at Wheaton College. He is a […]

Read a Sept. 27, 2010 Baylor Media Communications article that finds that nine in ten congregations have a single racial group that accounts for more than 80 percent of their membership.

George F. Bennett is chairman emeritus and a longtime member of the board at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Mass., which Graham co-founded. Bennett also has served as a trustee of Wheaton College and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. He is a knowledgeable source on Graham, the contributions of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association […]

Read a May 3, 2013 AllChristianNews.com article about the lack of racial diversity in U.S. churches, but the raised awareness about the issue around the nation.

Read a 2010 essay by Gerardo Marti about the focus on integration of African Americans into houses of worship for cultural diversity.

Read a 2010 Faith Communities Today study that brings together 26 individual surveys to assess racial diversity in churches in the U.S.

Read a March 24, 2013 Huffington Post article about studies tracking racial diversity, or its lack thereof, in houses of worship.

View a compilation of statistics on racial diversity in houses of worship; between 5 to 7.5 percent of churches are considered racially diverse.

The Rev. John Charles Pollock of Devon, England, is the official biographer of Billy Graham and the author of The Billy Graham Story, the revised and updated edition of To All the Nations.