[Sara28353]

It sounds like you have had some bad experiences with some white folks calling themselves Christians. I’m sorry that happened to you. However, I notice that you are a minister, and so surely you realize that all of us are sinners–even Christians! The thing is, it’s a generalization that all white Christians act in a racist fashion. OUt here in California, we have many Christian churches with very diverse congregations. Just yesterday, I visited a church called Abundant Life Christian Fellowship. We were so excited to see the ethnic diversity represented in the church membership–white, black, Asian, Latino, Filipino. And everyone was very loving to each other, hugging and saying God bless you when it was time to meet and greet each other. I know this is not typical, but just the fact that it is happening in some churches should give us cause for optimism. All social changes take way longer than we wish they would, but it’s encouraging to know that we might be moving towards the right way of living, albeit slowly. Also, my beloved pastor just relocated to Dallas to start a church there specifically because he sees a need for a racially diverse church in that city. There are many good-hearted Christians of every color. And I do think that ministers of every color need to reach out to the other cultures in their neighborhoods and make them feel welcome–not just white clergy. Hang in there–as we used to say in the civil rights movement, keep the faith.

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Name : Sara28353, City : Oakland, State : CA, Country : United States, 

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