Exploring the Influence of Racial Diversity on Church Growth: A Case Study of Buffalo Suburban Seventh-day Adventist Church in Lancaster, New York

There is a growing phenomenon in the United States of America: multiracial churches. While earlier research indicates that church growth typically happens in more homogenous congregations, more and more churches are growing that are multiracial. This case study focused on the growth of Buffalo Suburban Seventh-day Adventist Church (BSSDAC), a multiracial church in Lancaster, New York. Data collection was done through focus groups of church leaders and members, and a review of any available church and membership records. BSSDAC started as a White congregation in Buffalo in 1885 and moved to the suburbs in the 1980s where the initial transition toward diversity began. After 2000, as Buffalo neighborhoods assimilated refugees, church leaders intentionally opened its doors for the membership to become racially diverse. The church grew from 300 members in 2007 to 575 in 2019 (an average annual growth rate of 7.64% comprised of 222 White, 154 Black/African American, 128 Asian, 9 Two or More Races, 32 Other, and 30 Hispanic). This study identified several elements that contributed to the growth of BSSDAC as a multiracial congregation from the perspective of church leaders and members: First, BSSDAC became a multiracial church in response to shifting demographics paired with intentional multifaceted adaptation that created the potential for growth. Second, pastors intentionally created an inclusive multiracial environment by recruiting members from different backgrounds into the lay leadership and ministry teams. This diversity in lay leadership influenced the ability of BSSDAC to embrace racial diversity. Third, the worship experience incorporated diversity in language and music, contributing to a climate that fostered participation by racially diverse individuals. Fourth, BSSDAC invested resources in meeting physical needs of racially diverse people and facilitating their attendance at BSSDAC by providing transportation. Fifth, the intentionally welcoming environment drew members from different backgrounds into church activities and ministries, which contributed to a climate favoring the building of relationships among racially diverse individuals. Sixth, a visible and accessible location made it easier for people residing in communities with greater diversity in nearby Buffalo City to reach BSSDAC. Seventh, a deliberate acceptance of diversity and a willingness to adapt to differences along with an intentional position of non-tolerance for racial discrimination created an accepting environment where openness to change and adapting to differences contributed to the growth. Eighth, the success of BSSDAC while remarkable cannot be taken for granted in the continuing and often complex challenges of inequality and prejudice in our communities. It is only as BSSDAC continues to learn to be an intentionally inclusive community that it will continue to grow among multiracial realities

Chaotic oscillations in a nearly inviscid, axisymmetric capillary bridge at 2:1 parametric resonance

We consider the 2:1 internal resonances (such that Ω1>0 and Ω2 ≃ 2Ω1 are natural frequencies) that appear in a nearly inviscid, axisymmetric capillary bridge when the slenderness Λ is such that 0<Λ<π (to avoid the Rayleigh instability) and only the first eight capillary modes are considered. A normal form is derived that gives the slow evolution (in the viscous time scale) of the complex amplitudes of the eigenmodes associated with Ω1 and Ω2, and consists of two complex ODEs that are balances of terms accounting for inertia, damping, detuning from resonance, quadratic nonlinearity, and forcing. In order to obtain quantitatively good results, a two-term approximation is used for the damping rate. The coefficients of quadratic terms are seen to be nonzero if and only if the eigenmode associated with Ω2 is even. In that case the quadratic normal form possesses steady states (which correspond to mono- or bichromatic oscillations of the liquid bridge) and more complex periodic or chaotic attractors (corresponding to periodically or chaotically modulated oscillations). For illustration, several bifurcation diagrams are analyzed in some detail for an internal resonance that appears at Λ ≃ 2.23 and involves the fifth and eighth eigenmodes. If, instead, the eigenmode associated with Ω2 is odd, and only one of the eigenmodes associated with Ω1 and Ω2 is directly excited, then quadratic terms are absent in the normal form and the associated dynamics is seen to be fairly simple

The Preimaginal Stages of Cryptotylus unicolor (Wiedemann) and Tabanus nebulosus ornativentris Kroeber (Tabanidae-Diptera-Insecta)

A larva with peculiar very long pubescence on the integument, the pupa of Cryptotylus unicolor, and the larva and pupa of Tabanus nebulosus ornativentris are described and illustrated.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse

The immature stages of Myiotabanus barrettoi fairchild (Tabanidae-Diptera-Insecta)

Larva and pupa of Myiotabanus barrettoi living between leaves of Pistia stratiotes in ponds of Formosa Province (Argentina) are described. As immature stages of Lepiselaga crassipes inhabit the same environment and have very a similar appearance, new information on ornamentation and morphology is added to differentiate both species. Larvae and pupae were maintained individually in moist vials at laboratory temperature until adults emerged.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse

Description of male, larva and pupa of <i>Stibasoma theotaenia</i> (Wiedemann) (Diptera-Tabanidae)

Unknown male, larva and pupa of Stibasoma theotaenia from northern Argentina are described and illustrated. Larvae were collected from terrestrial Bromeliaceae of Aechnea sp. and maintained in the laboratory through development.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse

The immature stages of Myiotabanus barrettoi fairchild (Tabanidae-Diptera-Insecta)

Larva and pupa of Myiotabanus barrettoi living between leaves of Pistia stratiotes in ponds of Formosa Province (Argentina) are described. As immature stages of Lepiselaga crassipes inhabit the same environment and have very a similar appearance, new information on ornamentation and morphology is added to differentiate both species. Larvae and pupae were maintained individually in moist vials at laboratory temperature until adults emerged.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse

Comportamiento Biológico de Implantes Tendinosos Autógenos Intraarticulares. Interfase con los distintos medios receptores

En el presente trabajo se ha efectuado un estudio experimental de la respuesta biológica de implantes intraarticulares de tendones autógenos insertados en canales óseos. Se ha seguido, mediante microscopía óptica y electrónica, la revascularización de los implantes, los cambios tendinosos intrínsecos y, fundamentalmente, la interfase establecida entre la estructura tendinosa y los distintos medios del lecho receptor. En las zonas bañadas por líquido sinovial se produce "sinovialización", con presencia de sinoviocitos A (aspecto macrofágico) y B (aspecto fibroblástico). En las zonas que delimitan con cartílago aparece una hendidura, cuya superficie tendinosa es también sinovializada. En la interfase hueso-tendón se pueden diferenciar zonas de aposición lateral y termino-terminales. Las primeras muestran fenómenos de remodelación (presencia de abundantes osteoblastos y osteoclastos) y dispositivos arciformes de las fibras colágenas que "anclan" el tendón a trabéculas óseas. En las zonas término-terminales se establece continuidad entre la colágena del tendón y del hueso. En las regiones en que el tendón se relaciona con el tejido adiposo de la médula ósea, se produce también continuidad entre fibras colágenas pertenecientes a ambos componentes.The authors presented an experimental work in rabbits. They rewiewed the revascularization an morfology ("Sinovialization" and "Ligamentation") of tendon autograft used to replace the anterior cruciate ligament (18 rabbits studied) by histological techniques

Comportamiento Biológico de Aloinjertos Tendinosos Intraarticulares.

En el presente trabajo, los autores han efectuado un estudio experimental de la respuesta biológica de aloinjertos tendinosos, implantados en el interior de la articulación de la rodilla. Se ha seguido mediante microscopía óptica y micoscopía electrónica, la revascularización de los implantes y los cambios tendinosos intrínsecos, tanto en la serie de aloinjertos en "fresco", como de aloinjertos congelados. En los aloinjertos en fresco, predomina la intensa respuesta inflamatoria -inmunitaria, siendo la respuesta reparadora de escasos signos de orientación del tejido fibroso definitivo. En la serie de injertos congelados, los fenómenos inflamatorios son escasos, predominando la angiogénesis.In this paper, the authors have studied the biological respons e of tendinous allografts, implanted inside the kne e articulation, in a experimental study. The revascularization of the grafts, and the intrinsic tendinous change s in both series, frozen and no frozen allografts, is studied with optical and electron microscopy. In the no frozen allografts, is more important the intensive inflamatory inmunitary response, with few signs of orientation of the definitive fibrous tissue. In the serie of frozen allografts, the inflamatory response is limited with predominanc e of the angiogénesis process

Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine 2012. II: Pneumonia and infection, sepsis, coagulation, hemodynamics, cardiovascular and microcirculation, critical care organization, imaging, ethics and legal issues.

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Declaración Universal sobre Bioética y Derechos Humanos de la Unesco y la discapacidad

La Unesco propugna que la Declaración Universal sobre Bioética y Derechos Humanos puede y debe ser considerada como un marco de principios y pautas bioéticas que se deben aplicar, también, en el tratamiento de las cuestiones de la discapacidad. Este libro aporta claves que permiten a los estados y al resto de agentes implicados adoptar la perspectiva de la diversidad funcional y las capacidades diferenciadas que evite la exclusión, desde un enfo­que basado en los derechos humanos