Evangelizing Immigrants: Outreach and Ministry Among Immigrants and Their Children

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Evangelizing Immigrants is an investigation into why so many immigrants become Christians after immigrating to America. After discussing immigration trends and statistics, as well as the challenges of immigration, Dr. Rogers discusses the results of 50 interviews he conducted with immigrants from seven different cultural contexts who were converted to a conservative protestant expression of the Christian faith after arriving in the U.S. Each interviewee explains why he or she was converted and offers advice to church leaders who want to work effectively with immigrants. Ministers who lead immigrant churches are also interviewed and provide advice for effective outreach in immigrant communities. In synthesizing the results of his research, Dr. Rogers provides a foundational way for church leaders to think about how to serve this important and growing segment of the American population.

No longer is it necessary to travel abroad to be a missionary. With the proliferation of ethnic communities across North America, it is now necessary for almost all churches to build bridges across cultural divides so the Good News can be carried to ethnic minorities. Rather than provide a lock-step program, Dr. Glenn Rogers offers guiding principles for building bridges to ethnic communities. His research is based upon interviews with immigrants who converted to Christianity upon their arrival in America. The insights are strategically startling, making this book required reading for any church that wants to reach the wonderful mosaic of cultures that has become contemporary America.

Dr. Bob Whitesel, Associate Professor, Indiana Wesleyan University College of Graduate Studies, Department of Graduate Studies in Ministry

In his new book, Rogers analyzes what is needed for effective outreach among the diverse, growing ethnic groups found all over the United States, and especially in large cities. Utilizing a small cross-section of immigrants and ministers in the Dallas, Texas, area, Rogers seeks to determine why people come to the States, why they are converted, and what advice they have about reaching other immigrants. He then suggests a strategy for planting missional churches in our communities. Rogers’ book will be a useful discussion guide for church leaders who are considering how to evangelize among other ethnic groups in their communities, and who need a good starting point.

Stephen Austin, D.Min.
Director, Texas Gulf Coast Bible Institute

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