Racial Reconciliation
Posted in The Historical Faith and tagged with Bible, Church, Jesus Christ, Race on January 21, 2008“…a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.” – Colossians 3:11, NASU
My pastor preached an excellent message on this verse yesterday. We’ve been going through Colossians, and he had saved this verse for a sort of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day message, or what he termed “racial reconciliation.”
I’ll admit, the church I go to is primarily white. I’m thankful that my pastors recognize this is not the ideal but is something to overcome. We want to reflect our community, which is more diverse. We want all people to come to know Christ and fellowship in the church, regardless of their background.
Though our church is still primarily white, it is not exclusively so. There are African American families, Asian families, Hispanic families, and multi-racial families. I love this. The more diverse the better!
This Colossians text reminds us that we are all a part of Christ, if we are believers in Him, regardless of racial distinctions, cultural distinctions, social distinctions, or class distinctions.
I long for heaven where I will worship with those of every tribe, tongue, people and nation! In this spirit, happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
January 21st, 2008 at 11:50 am
Even though it is 2008, the churches up here in Virginia are still segregated to some extent. There are “white churches” and “black churches.”
I don’t know why, really. But it drives me crazy.
Growing up on military bases I had friends from all races and nationalities. The churches we went to were made up of whites, blacks, hispanics, Asians…you name it. And I loved it.
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:29 am
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