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In his book, [_The Next Evangelicalism_](https://www.amazon.com/Next-Evangelicalism-Freeing-Cultural-Captivity/dp/0830833609), Soong-Chan Rah claims, "As many lament the decline of Christianity in the United States in the early stages of the twenty-first century, very few have recognized that American Christianity may actually be growing, but in unexpected and surprising ways." In order to prove his point, Rah points to New England. Most evangelicals interested in North American church planting consider New England an area of significant decline and an especially hard place to plant. Boston has chewed up many potential church plants. And yet, Rah points out that the evangelical church is actually growing rapidly in Boston, it is just not majority culture church growth. In the last 30 years, he claims, the number of churches has doubled and over half of them currently speak a language other than English.

Despite the fact that traditional evangelical denominations and networks are renewing focus on planting in the U.S. and Canada, these efforts are still dwarfed by the immigrant populations coming here. [Perhaps we have something to learn from our immigrant brothers and sisters in Christ](http://blog.keelancook.com/2016/11/three-things-the-immigrant-church-in-your-city-does-better-than-you.html).
Despite the fact that traditional evangelical denominations and networks are renewing focus on planting in the U.S. and Canada, these efforts are still dwarfed by the immigrant populations coming here. [Perhaps we have something to learn from our immigrant brothers and sisters in Christ](http://keelancook.com/2016/11/three-things-the-immigrant-church-in-your-city-does-better-than-you.html).

And if it bothers you that American Christianity is changing colors, you may need to ask yourself why. For the confessional Christian who believes the greatest end of the global church is representation from every tribe, tongue, and nation, why would it bother us if the collection of local churches in our city began to represent that more accurately? Warner is right. American Christianity is quickly changing faces. The gospel may be spreading faster in your city in Spanish or Chinese right now than in English.

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