Faith seeking understanding– without race
“Cross my heart and hope to die. Stick a needle in my eye.” Our promises use to mean something. As children, we took our commitment– no matter how trivial or time- sensitive– seriously. We meant what we said with our little mouths about a rumor we had heard or the score of last night’s game. […]
Read MoreWe have all kinds of Bibles that vary in language, size, appearance, focus, audience and even translation. There is seemingly a Bible for every kind of person. For some, the King James Version has been dethroned, replaced with Eugene Peterson’s The Message or some other version with less thees and thous. Still, the Bible is […]
Read MoreThat’s what yesterday’s Wall Street Journal article by Laura Meckler is reporting in “How Churches Are Slowing Becoming Less Segregated.” In the article, the senior pastor of the Peoples Church of Cincinnati, Rev. Beard, makes a necessary connection, “If the church is segregated, no wonder the city is segregated.” For Reverend Beard, the Church determines […]
Read MoreJeff Brumley wrote in August of 2012 “Pastors forsee a raceless church.” But, before I celebrate this word of encouragement, I must say that Brumley’s definition of a multicultural church: “(socially colored) black and white church members” is incorrect. Two cultures is bicultural not multicultural. And though this is a great triumph for American Christianity, […]
Read MoreDo you serve a multicultural congregation or believe that your church should be culturally diverse? Then, these resources are for you! As members of Christ’s body, our witness will be dysfunction so long as we remain disconnected. Join me in spreading the race-less gospel of Jesus Christ, just one of the tools for Christ’s multicultural […]
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The Raceless Gospel 