21st Century Hispanic Realities
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The growth of the Hispanic American population has exceeded even the boldest projections of demographic experts.
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Between 1970 and 2000, the Hispanic population grew by 25.7 MILLION (from 9.6 million to 35.3 million).
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Hispanics have spread throughout the country faster than any previous immigrant group.
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Hispanics are not only growing in the Established Areas (e.g., Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, Miami), but are going to “New Destinations,” areas where they had not concentrated in large numbers in the past (e.g., Atlanta)
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Today 54% of all Hispanics live in the suburbs
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Hispanic men outnumber Hispanic women by 17% in the new Hispanic Destination Metro Areas (Male immigrants arrive first, families then follow).
 Download full report, 21st Century Hispanic Realities: Transforming the Social and Religious Panorama of North America. Written by Daniel R. Sánchez, Ph.D. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Rev. Bobby Sena, North American Mission Board
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Date: 1/31/2005
Strategies for Reaching French Canadians
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FRENCH-CANADIANS refers to the large population segment in Canada that is of French descent.
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In 2001, almost one-quarter of Canadians (6.7 million) reported French as their mother tongue.
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The corresponding figure for Qubec (pronounced Ka bek) was 81 percent.
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A little over 83 percent of Qubcois were Catholic, another 5.8 percent chose no religion.
According to Outreach Canada, there are more than 850 cities and identifiable communities in the province of Qubec that don't have a single evangelical church.
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Date: 6/18/2004
Missiological and Missional Church Planting
Two words, missiological and missional, are often used today to discuss the most effective church planting methods for North America. The numerous insights associated with both these words provide church planting leaders conceptual and practical handles for starting churches among the peoples of North America with God’s missionary perspective as exemplified in the Incarnation.
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Date: 6/1/2004
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