Boston, like all major cities, is full of the “best” and the “worst” of everything—from the most decadent to the most destitute, the famous to the nameless. With a population of over 4.4 million people represented by people of all tongues, tribes and nations, the need and opportunity for the gospel of Jesus Christ to be proclaimed to the nations is untold.
Today, Boston is a bustling and diverse city of people representing various socio-economic classes and faith backgrounds. Boston prides itself on its attraction to immigrants. Boston boasts one of the largest Brazilian immigrant population in the world, a large Asian immigrant population, and more Cape Verdeans (Cape Verde is a Portuguese-speaking country off the western coast of Africa) live in Boston than in their native Cape Verde. The world has come to Boston, and now the church of Jesus Christ has a wonderful opportunity to take the gospel to this world.
Boston is made up of various neighborhoods that have maintained their own distinct demographics. Dorchester, Boston’s largest neighborhood with over 200,000 residents, historically was home to most of Boston’s poor working African-Americans. Today, Dorchester is 46% African-American, with a large African and Asian immigrant population. Dorchester presents the church with a challenge. What would bring these different types of people together to love one another and be true neighbors? The gospel of Jesus Christ is the great reconciler, and today through the movement of Christ the King Presbyterian Church, we have an opportunity to meet that challenge.
Today, Boston is a bustling and diverse city of people representing various socio-economic classes and faith backgrounds. Boston prides itself on its attraction to immigrants. Boston boasts one of the largest Brazilian immigrant population in the world, a large Asian immigrant population, and more Cape Verdeans (Cape Verde is a Portuguese-speaking country off the western coast of Africa) live in Boston than in their native Cape Verde. The world has come to Boston, and now the church of Jesus Christ has a wonderful opportunity to take the gospel to this world.
Boston is made up of various neighborhoods that have maintained their own distinct demographics. Dorchester, Boston’s largest neighborhood with over 200,000 residents, historically was home to most of Boston’s poor working African-Americans. Today, Dorchester is 46% African-American, with a large African and Asian immigrant population. Dorchester presents the church with a challenge. What would bring these different types of people together to love one another and be true neighbors? The gospel of Jesus Christ is the great reconciler, and today through the movement of Christ the King Presbyterian Church, we have an opportunity to meet that challenge.
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