Comments on: Desegregating the church /blog/index.php/2010/01/06/desegregating-the-church/ News and happenings from around Gospel.com Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:17:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.2 By: judy powers /blog/index.php/2010/01/06/desegregating-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-54215 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:48:23 +0000 /blog/?p=3257#comment-54215 I agree that we should seek first the kingdom of God and HIS Righteousness and we will be doing the will of God and HE will lead us. I have been lead by The Holy Spirit to love all people no matter what the state of our outer appearances. God looks to the heart..it is HIS Word. As HE so moved the couple of separated cultures to marry, move from place to place to make a difference, HE will so move us if, we who have ears, hear what The Spirit says..IN Jesus’ Holy Name…Amen

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By: Ruth Bard /blog/index.php/2010/01/06/desegregating-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-36551 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:53:20 +0000 /blog/?p=3257#comment-36551 I tend to agree: “desegregation” smacks of “affirmative action.” God looks on the heart, right? And there are cultural differences that play out largely along racial/ethnic lines, too – tastes in worship style, etc. Our job is to make everyone feel welcome and trust God for the outcome.

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By: Michael Hurban /blog/index.php/2010/01/06/desegregating-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-36532 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:32:27 +0000 /blog/?p=3257#comment-36532 I am proud to be a member of a congregation that teaches desegregation. I am interacially married and to me it is a testimony of my love for the lord.The bible states that there is no longer jew or gentile only those who are in christ jesus! All those who proclaim to love God should love thy neighbor as themselves. This testimony could bring a poor lost soul to christ.May the lord richly bless you!

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By: Curtis Farmer /blog/index.php/2010/01/06/desegregating-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-36419 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:03:35 +0000 /blog/?p=3257#comment-36419 I am a Caucasian from the “south” (USA) and my uncle was the head of the local Ku Klux Klan in my area when I grew up. Needless to say I was raised under the influence of severe racial prejudice. But God dealt with me about that early on in life. In fact in 1990 while on an extended fast God told me to start attending an all “black” church near my home town.

But the incredible part about it is that He said that there was a young black woman there that I was to marry. I obeyed Him and without any help from me God worked it all out. I attended that church for several years and am welcomed by all whenever I return for a visit. I also attended another all black church in that area for several years after that.

Then God changed his strategy. God told my “black” wife and I to start attending an all “white” church in our home area. The pastor and many of the flock were very prejudiced and did not make it easy on us. But God used that to deal with pastor about his racial pregudice and now that church is about half “black” and half “white”. Also it began to have so many “hispanics” attending that they started their own spanish speaking branch church.

My point is this. Perhaps THIS is the BEST way to do away with segregation in the churches. Certain people in churches that are primarily of one race should either take it upon themselves or be sent out to be “seeded” in churches that are primarily made up of other races. No “cliches” can be allowed among the minorities that are doing the “seeding”.

If this is how we are to win the world and do away with the darkness there then how much more should this be our mission in regard to the church. Judgment must begin first at the house of God. This racial segregation is the biggest “cancer” in the church and is in fact a mockery to all that we are supposed to stand for love and unity. We simply should NOT be able to conscientiously be an accomplice to it.

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By: Larry Bartlett /blog/index.php/2010/01/06/desegregating-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-36350 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:35:32 +0000 /blog/?p=3257#comment-36350 We should NOT be that concerned about “desegegating” our churches. Just witness the saving power of the Gospel of Christ and God will sort things out. Don’t “qualify” your prospects. There are much more important issues to be engaged in than “desegegating” your church. If one ascribes to the fact that God segegated the three races to begin with – Cp. Acts 17:26-27; then HE will bring things to past in HIS time.

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