by Sandy » Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:06 pm
The initial link is from their press release page, edited for brevity and is more of a news article. The survey itself, and the description of it, is the second link I provided. It provides more information about the details of the information gathered, how it was analyzed and why.
I'd like to see some more detailed information, or perhaps some research done as to why the most liberal, mainline denominations are in the bottom third of the chart in terms of having ethnic membership, while groups even more conservative than the SBC, namely the Assemblies of God, Churches of Christ, Seventh Day Adventists, Church of God Cleveland, TN, and Presbyterian Church in America, are more ethnically diverse. Then there's the SBC, more diverse than more liberal denominations like the UMC, and ultra liberal groups like PCUSA, the UCC, the ELCA and the Episcopal Church. My guess would be that because the Christian heritage of African Americans is dominated by denominations like Baptists and Pentecostals, which tend to be more conservative, and even the AME is more conservative than the UMC, they are more comfortable in conservative churches. The "evangelical" part of conservative Christianity has been very active in pursuing and winning Latinos, and the effects of over 100 years of Christian missionary activity among Asian populations probably has something to do with the numbers as well.
It's a little bit interesting to note that Judaism, being so connected to race, is more ethnically diverse than some churches.