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.

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.

Read a Jan. 16, 2012 Christian Post article about “Church Diversity Week” and the lack of diversity in most U.S. houses of worship.

The Rev. David A. Anderson is senior pastor of Bridgeway Community Church, a nondenominational, intentionally multicultural church of more than 2,000 in Columbia, Md. Anderson also is president of BridgeLeader Network, a nonprofit group that trains congregations, colleges, companies and other groups in multicultural work.

James W. Lewis was executive director of the Louisville Institute, a program for the study of American religion at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary until 2011 when he retired. With funding from the Lilly Endowment, the Louisville Institute has sponsored research on multiethnic congregations. Lewis can connect reporters with scholars and pastors who’ve studied multiethnic congregations.