Ethnic Churches | Nazarene Presence in the Northern California Megaregion (2007-2018)

Fifty-seven percent (57%) of the active churches in the Church of the Nazarene on this megaregion are designated as ethnic. That's 113 out of 217.

By comparison, the next three in the list below--Florida, Northeast and SoCal megaregions--have more active ethnic churches--125, 230, 157, respectively--but with smaller percentages of ethnic churches (52% in Florida, 38% in Northeast, 37% in So Cal). 

​Percentage of Ethnic Churches in Each U.S. Canada Megaregion
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Ethnic/Total = Percent
NorCal 113/217 = 57%
Florida 125/239 = 52%
Northeast 230/605 = 38%
So Cal 157/421 = 37%
Arizona Sun 30/89 = 34%
Texas Triangle 110/354 = 31%
Gulf Coast 29/108 = 27%
Front Range 24/93 = 26%
Piedmont Atlantic = 15.%
Cascadia 26/204 = 12.7%
Great Lakes 198/1593 = 12.4%

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One-third of total membership is also within ethnic churches. 

About 12% of the ethnic churches have a female pastor. 

One-fifth of the ethnic churches have more than 75 in worship attendance. 

More than half of the ethnic churches (56%, 64) are Hispanic.  

By far, the majority of ethnic churches are in northern California. 

Resources

• Starting and Closing Churches | NorCal
• Large Churches and Missional Centers | NorCal
• ​Pastors | NorCal
• Women in Ministry | NorCal​​
• Other Megaregions

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