[mcdirector]

That’s the title of Russell Moore’s post today. He points to an article from the Baptist Standard that says some missionaries who adopted children of different ethnicities cannot speak in some churches.

The newspaper says that a missionary couple were forbidden, by official church action, to speak in some churches because of the fact that their Tanzanian-born children are of a different ethnicity than the people church.

Utterly astounding if true and knowing people, I’m sure it is.
He’s got some good thoughts on the matter like this:

When Joel Rainey, a church planting strategist from Maryland, read the article, he posted the following on my Facebook wall: “The church that refused to let this couple speak because of their racist ideology should be disfellowshipped at the associational, state, and national level.”
He went on to say that white supremacist churches (or, I’m sure he’d agree, black supremacist churches, for that matter) are no different than congregations disfellowshipped for supporting sexual liberationist ideologies, “disobedient to Scripture in order to appeal to the darker elements of culture.”
I could not agree more.

[Jim1927]

In the early 80's, I asked a Black man in Georgia what differences there are to-day, compared back with civil rights days in '60's. His answer was simply, "I no longer have to hold a door open for a White lady. I hold the door for her because I want to."

I still see plenty of racism from both sides to-day.

Cheers,

Jim

[LeBuick]

The good news, at least from where I stand, the racist (all demographics) are the minority and not the majority. :thumbsup:

[FaithLady50]

MCdirector it is sad that have churches with narrow minded views.
Faithlady

[FaithLady50]

Jim I saw racisim when I visited my aunt & uncle both of whom hated the Orientals because of Dec 7, 1941 & expected me to follow them. They blamed every oriental no matter what part of Asia they were from or how old they were . I stood up to them. I was called a traitor. I told my uncle who was Archie Bunker's twin that Jesus died for all of us, even those people he didn't like.

[th1bill]

I do not know what part of the country you folks live in but in the south and in Texas the KKK has a strong following. I live in the midst of Neo-Nazis and KKK members. LeBuick, if you will travel around the country and be properly critical, judge righteously, you'll never make that claim again.

I am not prejudiced, although all my brothers and sisters are, that's the way we were raised. Since I am now the senior male of our family, they all speak to me but it any other race comes into the subject they all excuse themselves and leave me to my own devices. Just this week I was in the waiting room at the VA and a black gentleman was seated with his walker in the rear, it still happens. He was called to the reception desk and as he approached the way through was narrow and as I began to roll back in my wheelchair he said, "That's okay, I'll get by." I rolled back and to the left anyway and he just beamed a smile of gratitude to me. As he finished at the desk I had kept a close watch and immediately moved out of his way once more and once more he beamed and shook his head from side to side. Not one other white man there in the crowded room cleared the path for his walker.

His appointment was 15 minutes before mine and when the attendant called his name I backed completely clear of his path. Just as he turned the corner to pass me another white man moved his wheelchair next to mine and just sat there and stared at the gentleman. I told him, "Come on," and backed behind the other wheelchair. As he passed me he beamed that surprised grin at me once more and said, "You sure are polite." Before he could pass me I said, "You fought just as hard as I did, didn't you?" His grin of mutual respect brightened the room to at least twice as bright and replied, "Sure did."

Even when I was in Maryland, New York, D.C. and Washington state prejudice from both sides was more common than not. The saddest part of the entire subject is that there is only one race of people in the entire world and we are all descendants of Adam and even closer to home, we are all, everyone living, descended from Noah. We are all brothers.

[FaithLady50]

I read about a church that wouldn't let a black child join. a church that his praents who were white ( ithink the boy was adopted)The Pastor became disgusted& left that church due to the narrow thinking of the staff & members. It is possible That I read that they didn't want to pray for him to receive Jesus as his Savior. :shok::shok: What part of All Ye who Call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved don't they grasp if whatI read is true?
FaithLady

This post has been edited by FaithLady50: 27 February 2010 - 01:43 PM

[Robin]

th1bill, on 19 February 2010 - 11:06 PM, said:

I do not know what part of the country you folks live in but in the south and in Texas the KKK has a strong following. I live in the midst of Neo-Nazis and KKK members. LeBuick, if you will travel around the country and be properly critical, judge righteously, you'll never make that claim again.

I am not prejudiced, although all my brothers and sisters are, that's the way we were raised. Since I am now the senior male of our family, they all speak to me but it any other race comes into the subject they all excuse themselves and leave me to my own devices. Just this week I was in the waiting room at the VA and a black gentleman was seated with his walker in the rear, it still happens. He was called to the reception desk and as he approached the way through was narrow and as I began to roll back in my wheelchair he said, "That's okay, I'll get by." I rolled back and to the left anyway and he just beamed a smile of gratitude to me. As he finished at the desk I had kept a close watch and immediately moved out of his way once more and once more he beamed and shook his head from side to side. Not one other white man there in the crowded room cleared the path for his walker.

His appointment was 15 minutes before mine and when the attendant called his name I backed completely clear of his path. Just as he turned the corner to pass me another white man moved his wheelchair next to mine and just sat there and stared at the gentleman. I told him, "Come on," and backed behind the other wheelchair. As he passed me he beamed that surprised grin at me once more and said, "You sure are polite." Before he could pass me I said, "You fought just as hard as I did, didn't you?" His grin of mutual respect brightened the room to at least twice as bright and replied, "Sure did."

Even when I was in Maryland, New York, D.C. and Washington state prejudice from both sides was more common than not. The saddest part of the entire subject is that there is only one race of people in the entire world and we are all descendants of Adam and even closer to home, we are all, everyone living, descended from Noah. We are all brothers.

Thank for sharing, I live in NC and was raised in central Va and I have seen alot of racism on all sides. I have experienced the racial turbulance of several differant states such as of course NC, and VA as well as FL, CA, Il, MT, DC, KY and many I have passed through as well as lived in. It is rediculous.


I skip from website to website and have been on several racial sites such as Stormfront and Black Confederates and the hatred is so blind and the lies are so ramphant most people dont even know their true history and latch onto the lies of propiganda. It is a shame.