For almost two and a half years, Ja’mel Armstrong and Matt Ness have led One Church jointly. The congregation of the church is diverse and the African-American and white co-pastors claimed that their congregation is both black and white individuals. The two pastors feel that their church is the more fulfilling than the racially segregated churches which they used to lead earlier.

Ness earlier led a white-dominated church and he claimed that the picture they believed in was much broader than the local churches which were pastored by them. The congregation of the two pastors is a part of the Evangelical Convent Church and it claims to be one of the most diverse in the country.

One Church is the part of the multiracial church trend which is rising and the percentage of US congregants attending them is also increasing. The percentage of US multicultural congregations has almost become double between 1998 and 2012 and has enhanced from 6.4% to 12%. The percentage of US congregants attending the interracial churches has increased from 12.7% to 18.3%.

Co-authors Kevin Dougherty, a sociology professor at Baylor University, and Michael Emerson, provost at North Park University have stated that in multiracial congregations, no single ethnic or racial group constitutes more than 80% of the people in the pews. The co-authors have also mentioned that the interracial congregations have faced a lot of challenges. The latest findings reveal that the average percentage of black congregants in multiracial congregations has enhanced and the percent of Latinos in the churches have declined at the same time.

Dougherty stated that when different ethnic groups are brought together in a congregation, different types of cultures and expectations are present. It helps in the development of a shared identity and people can adjust to the cultural differences easily.