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From vision to reality

Despite 30 years of talk and effort to achieve a membership goal of 10% people of color or whose primary language was not English, the ELCA has not really budged the needle when it comes to diversity. Both nationally and with most of our congregations, our membership doesn’t reflect the wider culture. What gives?
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