Affect of ending racial discrimination on Churches?

[BrethrenBoy]

What affect did the end of racial discrimination and acceptance of inter-racial marriage have on traditionally all white churches in the South after the Civil Rights movement.

 

[Corki]

What affect did the end of racial discrimination and acceptance of inter-racial marriage have on traditionally all white churches in the South after the Civil Rights movement.

I live in Texas and other than the Catholic Churches and some of the mega-churches, most of the churches are all black or all while to this day. The influx of Hispanics non-Catholics has changed this a little but Hispanic non-Catholic Christians have set up a lot of their own churches too. There are some exceptions but they are a minority.

IMHO, it has less to do with race than a cultural affinity to certain types of worship.

 

[KendraDZ1902]

What affect did the end of racial discrimination and acceptance of inter-racial marriage have on traditionally all white churches in the South after the Civil Rights movement.

In the South, a lot of people still have a problem with interracial marriage. It isn’t just a white thing, blacks have problems with it too. It isn’t as bad as it used to be. No one has ever refused me or my husband service or anything like that, but people of both races have let it be known that they don’t recognize our marriage. We weren’t Catholic when we married and we found a retired military chaplain to marry us because we had a hard time finding a minister to marry us. Our preacher had a prior engagement. It definitely isn’t as bad as it used to be, but you will still find “Christians” who believe it is fine to be friends, you don’t mix.

 

[kozlosap]

I live in Texas and other than the Catholic Churches and some of the mega-churches, most of the churches are all black or all while to this day. The influx of Hispanics non-Catholics has changed this a little but Hispanic non-Catholic Christians have set up a lot of their own churches too. There are some exceptions but they are a minority.

IMHO, it has less to do with race than a cultural affinity to certain types of worship.

Corki - great observation! Even here in No Cal most churches are still segregated by choice. I consider myself very lucky because the huge Jesuit parish I belong to is associated with both an elementary school and a prep school so we draw members of all ethnicities. When my DD was attending law school in Chicago I had to read very carefully when looking up a mass to attend - one time I ended up at a mass conducted in Polish! I am Polish, but do not speak the language. When I visited Poland, the priest conducted parts of the mass in English for the benefit of our tour group!

 

[andrewstx]

I live in Texas and other than the Catholic Churches and some of the mega-churches, most of the churches are all black or all while to this day. The influx of Hispanics non-Catholics has changed this a little but Hispanic non-Catholic Christians have set up a lot of their own churches too. There are some exceptions but they are a minority.

IMHO, it has less to do with race than a cultural affinity to certain types of worship.

It is a tragic fact that in West (direction not town) Texas that most parishes are completely dominated by Latinos. Especially in small towns with only one parish. So many people will just leave the church to be around their own culture and language.

It is amazing how many Irish, German, Poles, and Checkzes will either become Baptists or give up on religion completely.

Our local parish has Masses in Spanish and the parish festival serves Mexican food only.

When did Catholic cease from being Universal?