On Sunday, June 29, CTK will install Dan Rogers as pastor of our congregation in Dorchester, Mass. A small but faithful contingent has been worshiping there for a year and a half, praying for their neighbors in one of Boston’s more impoverished and violent regions.
Some quick facts about Dorchester (which I copied from our ‘Pray for the Dot’ website, linked below):
• 280,000 souls reside in Dot
• 65% of the population is African-American, Hispanic, Asian or multi-racial
• 39% of people in Dot hold Bachelor’s degrees. Dot is home of UMass-Boston
• MA was a haven for Unitarianism and the birthplace of Transcendentalism, and it has more members of the Universalist Unitarian church than any other state
• Dot’s slogan, “Boston’s largest and most diverse neighborhood”
• Deeply concerned about civic issues
• Very “religious”, but only 5% of the population place their faith in Christ alone
• 260 colleges/universities in the New England region
• “Settled” neighborhoods have been home to the same families for generations
We are thrilled to welcome Dan, his wife Michelle, and their five children as they take on this crucial role in seeking the welfare of the city in the advance of God’s kingdom.
We are also excited to have Logan Keck working with us in Dorchester as a church planting intern. Logan and his wife Melissa have recently graduated from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, and quickly moved to Dorchester to work with us there. We are very much looking forward for seeing how God will work in and through them in the coming years.
CTK Dorchester is on the web here and here. Dan has been writing a blog here, and Logan and Melissa have one here (their blog has a lot of great information about Dorchester and the church there). I believe Logan also set up the ‘Pray for the Dot’ site – great job, Logan!
