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By Michael Gryboski, Editor Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Attendees worship at Transformation Church in Indian Land, South Carolina. | Transformation Church

A larger share of Protestant pastors in the U.S. say their churches are becoming more racially diverse even though they are less likely to say that every congregation should strive to achieve diversity than they were nearly a decade ago after a white supremacist rally in Virginia put race at the forefront of the national news cycle.

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