Faith seeking understanding– without race
“Once we start paying attention to Jesus’ way, it doesn’t take long for us to realize that following Jesus is radically different from following anyone else.” | Eugene Peterson, The Jesus Way The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said, “The most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o’clock on Sunday morning.” We […]
Read MoreThis is the finding of a recent study conducted by researchers at Baylor University, the University of Southern California and the University of Chicago. The study , “United by Faith? Race/Ethnicity, Congregational Diversity, and Explanations of Racial Inequality,” was published in the journal Sociology of Religion. As you can imagine, it has gotten some people talking […]
Read More“Healing the racial divide in the nation will take the Church’s leadership,” says Bishops Harry Jackson and T.D. Jakes who are the leaders of a new attempt to position the church as a source of healing and reconciliation in matters of race. Their website features a letter to President Barack Obama, “Practical Steps Toward Racial […]
Read More“It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o’clock on Sunday morning.” ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King’s words are often employed when there is talk of Christ’s Church and its lack of cultural diversity in worship. It is said as a matter of fact and there is […]
Read More“Do not judge so that you won’t be judged. For with the judgment you use, you will be judged and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but do not notice the log (beam, KJV) in your own eye? Or […]
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The Raceless Gospel 