Tag: segregated church

The North American Church Needs to “Wade in the Water”

.Reading time 9 minutes.

Wade in the water Wade in the water, children  Wade in the water God’s gonna’ trouble the water Except we get in the water, and it doesn’t seem to trouble us that the North American church is still segregated, that there is a Black and White Church, that we remain divided over American chattel slavery, […]

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Sunday morning segregation

.Reading time 7 minutes.

It’s almost 11 a.m., that holy hour that is concentrated with our hubris, when the worship services are but a reflection of our preferences, when the pews are filled with the people we are most comfortable with.  It’s almost 11 a.m. on this fine Sunday morning where people dress up or down and then sit […]

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It’s not a multicultural church if… (Pt. 2)

.Reading time 4 minutes.

In April, I talked about the ways in which being a multicultural church is easier said than done.  How I wish that our faith would be enough to bring us together.  Because it is more than enough if we would allow it.  Our shared relationship with Jesus Christ is enough to bring us to the Lord’s table if we would […]

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