This is Byzantine Catholic News because there will be some BC's who leave the Church to join one of these Evangelical Sects.
U.S. evangelicals eye renewed domestic drive [
today.reuters.com]
DALLAS (Reuters) - The number of southern U.S. evangelical Christians is not growing as fast as the wider population, leading to a renewed effort to win converts on the domestic front from key groups like the Hispanic community.
That was one message that came through at a three-day "Empower Evangelism" conference hosted by the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, or SBTC, which wrapped up on Wednesday.
"There has been a slowdown of the growth of our churches and our converts ... We have not been keeping pace with the population growth," said Frank Page, president of the national Southern Baptist Convention and a pastor from South Carolina.
Here is the interesting part:
Much of that growth has been among the Hispanic population which is traditionally Catholic and is viewed as a key target for Protestant evangelical activity.
At this week's conference, Spanish translations were pointedly available for the talks and sermons.
"We are looking to the Hispanic population for growth," said Mike Gonzales, the Hispanic Initiative and Ethnic Ministries Director of the SBTC.
He said there was now 127 Hispanic Baptist churches affiliated with the SBTC compared to 77 just over two years ago -- fast growth but it is very recent and off a low base
Don't think that the Slavic Churches aren't a "target" as well!
There is much more to the article so please read it.