Stats Don't Lie . . .

Stats don't lie, the Twin Cities are a massive mission field.

Last Monday I attended a quarterly church-planting event that is run by an organization called Mission 1618, which was started by Hope in downtown Minneapolis. Meeting and learning with others who are on the front lines of missions and church-planting in this area is always an amazing and refreshing time. At the most recent M1618 gathering, we were blessed with the presence of Rev. Dr. John Mayer from City Vision. He is THE demographics guru for the Twin Cities and THE go-to guy in order to know the Twin Cities better. 

I have personally had the pleasure of meeting and learning from Dr. Mayer numerous times. He shared a ton of great information on the reality that the Twin Cities are a major mission field. Here are just a few of the statistics for the Twin Cities area:

1. The largest Somali, Hmong, Oromo Ethiopian, Liberian, Karen Burmese, and Anuak populations in the U.S., as well as the second largest Tibetan concentration
2. Fourth largest homosexual population in the U.S. with Minneapolis voted the "Gayest City in America" in 2011
3. One of the largest concentration of witches in the U.S. (Paganistan), numbering over 20,000
4. Largest Cambodian Buddhist Temple in the U.S.
5. Largest Hindu temple in North America
6. Over 45,000 deaf people and only 2% are professing Christian
7. Contains over 125 Muslim mosques
8. 9 Muslim mosques, 6 Hindu temples, 3 Buddhist temples, 1 Sikh temple, 1 Jain temple, and 1 witch coven are now located in former Christian church buildings
9. 77,000 Somalis (highest concentration of any U.S. city) with only 29 known Christian believers
10. 40,000 Native Americans with only 1% connected to a Christian church 

While some of these stats may seem overwhelming, the Kingdom of God is VERY active in the Twin Cities. In fact, Dr. Mayer claims (and I agree with his claim) that there is a quiet revival happening here. Over the last 10 years there have been over 1,100 Christian churches planted in the Twin Cities area (60% of these churches are non-White). God is up to big things here, and we are honored to be a small part of His activity!

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