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Thursday, April 13, 2006

Marketing Vs Islam

The Catholic Church is trying to market to inner city youth, those they are missing usually end up converting to Islam according to to the article: City's churches open way for Islam:

"Some religious purists might cringe at the thought that the Catholic Church must learn marketing strategies to survive in inner-city America. Churches are competing with a host of activities on Sundays. The parish school may no longer have the emotional appeal of yesteryear for students not related to parishioners. The question becomes: Why should a parent pay tuition for a child to go to a Catholic school?...the extinction of inner-city Christian education accompanying the suburban exodus sends a message that inner-city souls are less valuable. This opens a beachhead for Islam to gain converts. Inner-city black neighborhoods appear to be prime candidates where Muslims can gain mainstream legitimacy by becoming the religion of native-born Americans."

Spending energy and resources to market to this segment of population sends the message that you care what happens in this community.

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