Post by rapha777 on Aug 1, 2005 4:49:18 GMT -5
Visit certain areas of London on a Sunday morning and chances are you'll see a stream of well-dressed families en route to church. It's likely more than half will be from ethnic minorities.
People of African and Caribbean origin make up 2% of the UK's population but account for more than two-thirds of Sunday church-goers in London and 7% of worshippers nationwide, research has shown.
Many go to black-led churches such as Glory House in east London which regularly attracts 600 people to its Sunday service with half that number also attending the mid-week evening service.
Set up by Nigerian immigrants in 1992 with just 45 members, Glory House now has a membership of 3,000 and is one of a new breed of churches principally serving the UK's African and Caribbean communities.
Rest of article at:-
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4704925.stm
People of African and Caribbean origin make up 2% of the UK's population but account for more than two-thirds of Sunday church-goers in London and 7% of worshippers nationwide, research has shown.
Many go to black-led churches such as Glory House in east London which regularly attracts 600 people to its Sunday service with half that number also attending the mid-week evening service.
Set up by Nigerian immigrants in 1992 with just 45 members, Glory House now has a membership of 3,000 and is one of a new breed of churches principally serving the UK's African and Caribbean communities.
Rest of article at:-
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4704925.stm