Why Is The Church Silent Concerning Family Structure Breakdowns? A Prayer Revolution is Needed. Children’s Lives Do Matter

To the spiritual leaders ordained by God and all anointed prayer warriors, this article is requesting a 2021 Prayer Revolution on the behalf of all Christian minorities and their families. Pray especially for Christian African American/Black, American Indian, and Hispanic families because these are the nationalities that have the largest single-parent heads of households in the United States. Pray together in person or on any multi-media or audio platform.  God answers the faith.

This is not to state you have not done this or not doing this but to ask that it be prayed amongst you until the prayer is answered.  This request is not to be related to government activity or civil rights activity (both have their place)  but from the anointed straight to God with the Holy Spirit as our intercessory.  Amen.  May the Grace of God be with you.

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Proverbs 31:9  “Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.”

Luke 1:37 “For with God nothing shall be impossible.”

Mark 10:27 “And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men, it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.”

Matthew 18:20  “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

Hebrews 4:16  “Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”

 

James 1:27  “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”

The family structure of African Americans is a national concern because 64% of families are headed by single parents. The US Census bureau reports in 2019, 48.2  million (14.7%) self-certified blacks, includes black immigrants, are in the U.S.  The number of black families in the U.S is est.  9.95 million in 2019 and per Kids Count Data Center 5,988,000 families or 64% were headed by single parents.

The average age of Blacks is 35 and most of us are located in Texas, Florida, Georgia, New York, and California. More than 79% of African Americans self-identify as Christian.

The family structure of Hispanics and Latinos is a national concern because 42% of families are headed by single parents.  According to Pew Research, There are 60.6  million Hispanic and Latino people in the US (18%), Per Census Bureau 17.07 million Hispanic families were living in the U.S. in 2019. Per Kids Count Data, 7,339,000 or 42% are single-parent households.

The average age of Hispanics and Latinos is 29 to 30 according to location.   It is significant to note that Hispanics have the highest uninsured rates of any racial or ethnic group within the United States. (Source:  HHS Hispanic/Latino  Americans. Retrieved from the internet on June 5, 2021, from https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=3&lvlid=64 ).

“Half of U.S. Hispanics live in Southwest border states, but the fastest population growth is elsewhere  Some of the nation’s largest Hispanic populations are in the four states that border Mexico – California, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. In fact, the two states with the most Hispanics, California (15.6 million) and Texas (11.5 million), alone account for 45% of the nation’s Hispanic population.

Together, the four border states were home to 50% of U.S. Hispanics in 2019″. ( Source: Pew Research, July 10, 2020, Retrieved from internet 6/5/2021 from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/07/10/hispanics-have-accounted-for-more-than-half-of-total-u-s-population-growth-since-2010/).

According to the United States Census Bureau, The poverty rate in 2019 for Blacks was 18.8%; for Hispanics, it was 15.7%; for American Indians/Alaska Native 20.3 (Source: US Census Bureau. Retrieved from the internet on June 5, 2021, from https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/09/poverty-rates-for-blacks-and-hispanics-reached-historic-lows-in-2019.html).

The family structure of African Americans has long been a matter of national public policy interest.^[2] A 1965 report by Daniel Patrick Moynihan, known as The Moynihan Report, examined the link between black poverty and family structure.^[2]

It hypothesized that the destruction of the black nuclear family structure would hinder further progress toward economic and political equality.^[2]  (Source: Retrieved from the internet on June 5, 2021. from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_family_structure).

Facts About Blacks and Religion, “Religion, particularly Christianity, has played an outsize role in African American history. While most Africans brought to the New World to be slaves were not Christians when they arrived, many of them and their descendants embraced Christianity, finding comfort in the Biblical message of spiritual equality and deliverance. In post-Civil War America, a burgeoning black church played a key role in strengthening African American communities and in providing key support to the civil rights movement.”

“Roughly eight-in-ten (79%) African Americans self-identify as Christian, as do seven in ten whites and 77% of Latinos, according to Pew Research Center’s 2014 Religious Landscape Study.  The first predominantly black denominations in the U.S. were founded in the late 18th century, some by free black people. Today, the largest historically black church in the U.S. is the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc

Other large historically black churches include the Church of God in Christ, the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), and two other Baptist churches – the National Baptist Convention of America and the Progressive National Baptist Association Inc.”  (Source: 5 Facts About The Religious Lives of African Americans by Pew Research, February 7, 2018, Retrieved from the Internet on June 5, 2021, from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/02/07/5-facts-about-the-religious-lives-of-african-americans/).

“African Americans are more religious than whites and Latinos by many measures of religious commitment.”  (Source: Black men are less religious than black women but more religious than white women and men by Pew Research, September 26, 2018, Retrieved from the Internet on June 5, 2021, https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/09/26/black-men-are-less-religious-than-black-women-but-more-religious-than-white-women-and-men/).

Black men are less religious than black women but more religious than white women and men.

 

 

The Growing Diversity by Age

According to the Pew Research Report (March 25, 2021) “The Growing Diversity of Black America,” As of 2019, the median age of a single-race non-Hispanic Black person is 35.  The single race Non-Hispanic White population has a median age of 45. The single-race non-Hispanic Asian population is 38. The single race Hispanic population is 29 to 30 depending on location. (source: Pew Research. Retrieved from the internet on June 5, 2021 from https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2021/03/25/the-growing-diversity-of-black-america/#:~:text=The%20Black%20population%20of%20the%20United%20States%20is,and%20racial%20identities%20reflecting%20intermarriage%20and%20international%20migration).

 

  According to acf.hhs.gov 2012 report, The median age for American Indians and Alaska Natives is 31 years, compared with a median age of 37.4 for the U.S. population as a whole. (Administration for Native Indians. Retrieved from the internet on 6/5/2021 from https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ana/fact-sheet/american-indians-and-alaska-natives-numbers#:~:text=The%20median%20age%20for%20American,U.S.%20population%20as%20a%20whole.

 

Over Half of the Population of Black people live in the South.  

In addition, the report states, “Over half of the population of Black people live in the South.  In 2019, the South was the region with the highest share of the country’s Black population, with 56% of this population living there. The Midwest and Northeast each held 17% of this population, while the West was home to one-tenth of the Black population.  The majority of blacks live in Texas, Florida, Georgia, New York, and California.  (Source: Retrieved from the internet on June 5, 2021, from https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2021/03/25/the-growing-diversity-of-black-america/). 

 

Over half of the Population of Hispanics live in the South West. 

Some of the nation’s largest Hispanic populations are in the four states that border Mexico – California, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. In fact, the two states with the most Hispanics, California (15.6 million) and Texas (11.5 million), alone account for 45% of the nation’s Hispanic population. Together, the four border states were home to 50% of U.S. Hispanics in 2019.  (Source: Retrieved from the internet on June 5, 2021, from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/07/10/hispanics-have-accounted-for-more-than-half-of-total-u-s-population-growth-since-2010/).

 

American Indians and Alaska Natives live in metropolitan areas

As of 2019, there were an estimated 5.7 million people who were classified as American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) alone or in combination with one or more other races. This racial group comprises 1.7 percent of the total U.S. population. 

The 2010 Census reveals that 78 percent of the AI/AN live outside of tribal statistical areas. 22 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives live on reservations or other trust lands. 60 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives live in metropolitan areas; this is the lowest metropolitan percentage of any racial group.  The poverty rate for American Indians/Alaska Natives is 20.3%.

In 2019, 1.6 million American Indian and Alaska Natives were under the age of 18, which comprised 27.5 percent of this racial group in comparison to 18.6 percent of non-Hispanic whites. In 2019, ten states with the largest American Indian/Alaska Native populations were: Arizona, California, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, North Carolina, Alaska, Washington, South Dakota, New York.  (Source: HHS.gov.  Retrieved from the internet on June 5, 2021 from https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=3&lvlid=62).

According to  Kids Count Data Center, 331,000 families American Indian and Alaska natives, or 52% of families are headed by single-parent households.

 

 

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Conclusion

 

In summary, Blacks, the second-largest minority, make up 14.8% of the U.S population with 64% of their families with single-parent heads of households.  Hispanics and Latinos, the largest minority, make up 17% of the U.S population with 42% of their families with heads of households as single parents.  American Indian/Alaska Native make up 5.7 million people or 1.7% of the U.S population with 52% of their families with heads of households as single parents  According to the United States Census Bureau, The poverty rate in 2019 for Blacks was 18.8%; for Hispanics, it was 15.7% and for American Indian/Alaska Native it is 20.3.

The single-parent head of household percentages for Asian and Pacific Islander was 15%; for  Non-Hispanic Whites, it was  24%.  Hispanics were the largest ethnic group that held no insurance.  These statistics call for a prayer revolution in unity with God because children’s lives do matter.

 

 

For more information:

Black Demographics. https://blackdemographics.com/

Profile American Indian  https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=3&lvlid=62

Profile Hispanics/Latino  https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=3&lvlid=64

Profile Black/African American  https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=3&lvlid=61

American Indians and Alaska Natives (2012)  https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ana/fact-sheet/american-indians-and-alaska-natives-numbers#:~:text=The%20median%20age%20for%20American,U.S.%20population%20as%20a%20whole.

 

• There’s no information referencing these statistics to include undocumented people of either race. 

 

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A CALL TO SALVATION:

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Romans 10:9-10  ⁹That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. ¹⁰For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.

  John 3:5-6  ⁵Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. ⁶That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷