For ex- colored people who have lost faith in white- body supremacy
The members of First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs, Mississippi who recently drew cultural scrutiny of their Christian witness after preventing an African American couple from wedding at the church has offered an apology and asked for forgiveness. Dean of the School of Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, Russell D. Moore said […]
Read More“My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in the spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted. Bear one another’s burdens and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. For if those who are nothing think […]
Read MoreApparently, at the the First Baptist Church in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, which is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, the members (at least five or six of them) need to know what race you are. In the church’s 150 year history, there has never been an African American couple to wed there and that won’t change– at least […]
Read More“Solidarity challenges any tendency to establish a relational identity by identifying exclusively with a finite community. If we overidentify with one community, even a particular church, we tend to become defensive about rival communities. This misplaced devotion leads to inner division and social defensiveness. When a finite community becomes the exclusive source of value and […]
Read More“Am I my brother’s keeper?” ~ Genesis 4.9 “By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another.” ~ John 13.35 According to a MSNBC report, a “Whites only Christian gathering riles some Alabama neighbors.” It’s an annual pastors conference that ends today and according to the […]
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