IDEA-GLAMA RESEARCH & INFORMATION NETWORK
Coordinator: Clifton L. Holland, IDEA Ministries
(Update of original report from October 1997)
The following institutions and persons are part of a growing network of organizations and individuals that are working together to maintain and update our current database of information on ethnic and religious diversity in the Greater Los Angeles Metro Area (GLAMA = Los Angeles & Orange counties); the Inland Empire (Riverside & San Bernardino counties); and Ventura County (urban spill-over from Los Angeles County). We hope to have at least one organization in each region that will accept the primary responsibility for on-going fieldwork and database management within their region. They will be the primary providers of new information about their region to other members of the network.
IDEA Ministries will continue to facilitate the interchange of information between these organizations and individuals, and will coordinate training activities in the use of IDEA Church Directory Software (ICDS), the Atlas GIS (Geodemographic Information Systems) software, and other software programs that are essential to maintaining the network. Global updates on the database will be provided to participants in the network by IDEA Ministries or our agents at least twice each year. However, we hope to provide a continuous flow of information between participants by means of a GLAMA-NET world-wide web page on the Internet where users can upload and download information at any time using a password. This will ensure all users of immediate access to new information about specific ethnic and religious groups that members of the partnership have uploaded to the web page/FTP site.
Currently, our database of religious groups includes over 12,400 listings (Los Angeles 5-county region), which are linked by classification codes to The Encyclopedia of American Religions (5th Edition, Dr. J. Gordon Melton, editor; Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1996). Dr. Melton, Director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR) in Santa Barbara, serves as an advisor for this project. We have reason to believe that our database on ethnic and religious diversity is the largest such database for any city in the world. See our order form or web site for a list of products that are available related to this database.
| ORGANIZATION | AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY | CONTACT PERSONS |
| Shared responsibility | RG-1, Central City | |
| Note: We are working on a joint-venture for this region with USC-School of Religion, | IUI-Church on Brady, APU-Global Studies Program, BIOLA-Intercultural Studies | STC-Urban Leadership Institute, FTS-School of World Mission, etc. |
| *+Urban Leadership Institute/ STC/First Methodist Church Central District Los Angeles | Staff & student research: mmata@scf-fs.usc.edu | Michael Mata/Director 213-746-2211 |
| *+USC/School of Religion Center for Religion & Civic Culture/Los Angeles | Staff & student research: dyrness@bcf.usc.edu | Grace Dyrness/Professor & Associate Director, 213-740-8562 |
| *+L.A. So. Baptist Association (LASBA), Downey | Staff research: lasba@aol.com | Robert Sowell/Scott Hinman 310-869-5391 |
| +International Urban Institute/ Church on Brady East Los Angeles | Staff & student research: Wolf 2100@aol.com | Dr. Tom Wolf: 213-728-4850/ Professor of Missiology; Carol Davis/Administrator |
| YWAM/Sunland Base, Note: inactive (Ben Capps was working on project in '92-93) | RG-2, San Fernando Valley | Sharon Pearson, Prayer Coordinator: 818-899-2876 |
| *+Insight Ministries/CPEN, CA Prayer Evang. Network, Santa Monica | RG-3, Westside/Malibu: Childs prophet@wavenet.com | Tim Childs, Director/Coordinator 310-823-0668 |
| *The Navigators/Asian Min Rolling Hills Covenant Church Rolling Hills Estates | RG-4, South Coast: Honeyman jhoneyman@earthlink.com | Tom Steers: 310-831-9721; Ken Gong/Atlas GIS: 310-832-4644; Jean Honeyman/ICDS: 310-324-0678 |
| +BIOLA University/Inter- Cultural Studies, La Mirada | RG-5, Norwalk/Whittier: Tom_Steffen@peter.biola.edu | Dr. Tom Steffen: 310-903-4844 Dr. Bob Krauss/Ref. Library Trainee: Jeanette |
| +Azusa Pacific University/ Global Studies Program, Azusa | RG-6, San Gabriel Valley: slimbach@apu.edu | Dr. Richard Slimbach 818-815-6000 (#3717); Trainee: Eliz Leahey/Library |
| +Pacific Christian College Fullerton | RG-7, Orange County: jwilson@xc.org |
Jeff Wilson/Librarian 714-879-3901 (#244); Trainee: Connie Born |
| *Inland AD2000 Committee. Ontario (San Bernardino & Riverside counties) | RG-8, Inland Empire: nbrinkley1@iol7.com |
Norm Brinkley/Coordinator 909-463-6757; Robert Gordon/Research 909-794-6262 |
| Pending: | RG-9, Ventura County: pnachian@aol.com | Paul Nachian /Technical Support/Camarillo, 805-445-1184 |
| OTHER USERS: | ||
| +Fuller Theological Sem./ School of World Mission Pasadena | Staff & student research: elliston@fuller.edu dickason@netcom.com |
Dr. Eddie Elliston: 818-584-5260; John Dickason/ David Holifield/Library: 818-584-5219 |
| *Korean Frontier Mission, Los Angeles | Korean Churches in GLAMA: kfmission@earthlink.com | Mary Park, Director 213-383-5499 Trainee: Karen |
| *Grace Brethren Church, Long Beach | Long Beach Area | Outreach: Marilyn Mall 310-496-3264; Robert Shavelle/ Mapping: 310-595-6881 |
| Hispanic Center for Theological Studies/Evangelical Covenant Church, Bell Gardens | Staff & student research | Dr. Jorge Maldonado, Director 310-806-8325 |
| +Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR) Santa Barbara | Staff & Student research: jgordon@rain.org | Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director 805-961-0141 |
| *+Mission Training & Resource Center/Paraclete Mission Group, Altadena | Staff & student research: philelkins@aol.com | Dr. Phil Elkins, Director 818-797-7903 |
| *+William Carey Int'l Univ./ Latourette Library Pasadena | Staff & student research: dwight.baker@wciu.edu | Dr. Dwight Baker/Librarian (Andy: Computer Services) 818-398-2113 |
| +World Vision USA/Com. Housing/Economic Development, Los Angeles Office | Staff research: jabeyioku@juno.com jabeyioku@rocketmail.com | Dr. Jolly Beyioku/Director 213-737-4310 (home) 213-387-9604 (office) |
GENERAL COORDINATION - TRAINING - TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Clifton L. Holland, Executive Director: prolades@racsa.co.cr
*+Alan Young, Technical Support (Orange, CA): alan@alanrayyoung.com
IDEA MINISTRIES: RESEARCH & INFORMATION SERVICES
Internet: www.ideaministries.com
DATABASE MANAGEMENT/MAILING LIST MAINTENANCE
Robert López, President
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15560 Rockfield Blvd. Bldg. C, Irvine, CA 92718
Office: (714) 580-1930; FAX: (714) 580-1933
E-mail: rlopez@ix.netcom.com
NOTE: *Indicates the locations that have ATLAS GIS mapping software; all locations have the IDEA Church Directory Software (ICDS) with the database for at least one region of GLAMA; however, locations that have the entire GLAMA database are listed with +.
Last Revised on 3/23/02