Curé d’Ars is a Catholic congregation in Denver. This multiethnic parish, in what was once a predominantly white neighborhood, uses music and a worship style with a strong African-American flavor. The Rev. Simon Kalonga is administrator.

Bethany United Church of Christ in Seattle. Bethany was founded in 2000 at the site of a previously dying Anglo congregation in the diverse Beacon Hill neighborhood, as an intentionally multicultural, multiracial and multigenerational church.

Community of St. Andrew is Catholic congregation in a racially diverse neighborhood in Portland, Ore., offers Mass in English, Spanish and Kanhoval, a Mayan language. Contact pastor Dave Zegar.

Jonathan Lee, son of a Korean missionary to the United States, is pastor of Holliston United Methodist Church in Pasadena, Calif. It has services in English and Korean.

Karen Ward is abbess of the Church of the Apostles, a multicultural Lutheran-Episcopal congregation in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. Apostles describes itself as a multicultural “future church with an ancient faith.”

A Feb. 12, 2010, broadcast by Religion & Ethics Newsweekly has a reflection on Lent by Pastor Steve Buechler of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Gaithersburg, Md.

Read a Jan. 25, 2011, story from The Wall Street Journal about how Christians responded to decreased giving and economic hardship during the recession.

Read a Jan. 31, 2011, story from Christianity Today about how Christians are responding to decreased giving to churches.

What special issues and concerns do religion writers keep in mind when writing about the religions of ethnic minorities? By Kim Sue Lia Perkes Freelance Writer A quick review of the most recent U.S. Census shows how much the demographics of the United States have changed. Whereas white Americans were once the nation’s majority, the […]