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b'How God is working through the Windrush generation and beyond. The number of churches continues to drop in the UK. As CT reported last month, there are only 39,000 congregations left in the country, a quarter drop from 20 years ago. But despite churches increasingly closing their doors and the number of people attending church falling, this bad news isn\\u2019t across the board. For Black Majority Churches, the numbers actually look a lot healthier. These congregations began in the wake of World War II, when immigrants began arriving in the UK from the Caribbean, sparking a generation that became known as the Windrush generation, named after the boat that the inaugural group took. \\u201cThey came over to help the UK,\\u201d said Chine McDonald, the media, content, and PR lead at Christian Aid. McDonald\\u2019s family came over from Nigeria several decades later, though they didn\\u2019t always face a warm welcome from the local congregations. \\u201cI remember when we would go to predominantly white churches. We would arrive on a Sunday and were told, \\u2018What made you choose this church as opposed to a black church that was down the road?\\u2019\\u201d said McDonald. \\u201c...These white majority churches weren\\u2019t used to see black people in their congregations, weren\\u2019t used to having black friends or black neighbors.\\u201d Nigeria is actually responsible for one of the country\\u2019s most robust denominations, the Redeemed Christian Church of God, which has more than 800 churches in the UK. McDonald joined digital media producer Morgan Lee and editor in chief Mark Galli to discuss the growth of African and West Indian Christianity and how it is changing the UK.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'