tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post7653622264028869529..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Measuring the Past and Predicting the Future...Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-75714569157784237782011-06-26T22:55:23.853-05:002011-06-26T22:55:23.853-05:00The Mid-South District should start
a Hispanic Mis...The Mid-South District should start<br />a Hispanic Mission Parish in your<br />town of Clarksville. It has worked<br />well in Silvis, Illinois and other<br />places as Lutherans learn to adjust<br />to changing demographics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-12199724015380168072011-06-26T15:36:03.261-05:002011-06-26T15:36:03.261-05:00"the Roman Catholic population will continue ..."the Roman Catholic population will continue to move from the fringes of this city's identity into the center."<br /><br /><br />Is the center charismatic? because hispanic Catholics are.<br /><br />http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=75Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-22169208426477304502011-06-26T15:33:54.126-05:002011-06-26T15:33:54.126-05:00Compare these two statements:
"The growth o...Compare these two statements:<br /><br /><br />"The growth of Hispanic population -- historically Roman Catholic -- will mean the largest congregation in town will grow ever larger (Immaculate Conception) and the Roman Catholic population will continue to move from the fringes of this city's identity into the center."<br /><br /><br />"In a practical sense, it means that some think we as a congregation should have grown by a fourth in order to have kept pace with the general population. Alas, we did not."<br /><br /><br />Alas, the Catholic congregation may not either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com