Racially diverse congregations have become an important part of the American religious landscape. We use data from the National Congregations Study (NCS), notably including data from the fourth wave, collected in 2018–2019, to examine 20 years of racial diversity in congregations. We find that racial diversity within congregations has increased substantially between 1998 and 2019. There are more congregations in which no one racial or ethnic group comprises more than 80 percent of the people, congregations’ average diversity level has increased, and the percentage of all‐white congregations has declined. Nearly a quarter of evangelical churches now have no one ethnic group constituting more than 80 percent of the people, a rate comparable to what we observe among Catholic churches. Moreover, congregations that meet this 80‐percent threshold are more likely to be led by black clergy in 2019 than they were in 1998. We end with a note of caution about concluding that diverse congregations necessarily promote racial justice.

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1998-2019年美国会众的种族多样性

种族多样化的会众已成为美国宗教环境的重要组成部分。我们使用来自国家会众研究（NCS）的数据，尤其是从2018-2019年收集的第四次浪潮中收集的数据，来检查会众20年的种族多样性。我们发现，在1998年至2019年期间，会众中的种族多样性大大增加。有更多的会众，其中没有一个种族或族裔群体占人口的80％以上，会众的平均多样性水平有所提高，并且白人会众有所减少。现在，将近四分之一的福音派教堂中，没有一个族裔占人口的80％以上，这一比率与我们在天主教教堂中观察到的比率相当。此外，