Posted on 06/11/2021 9:24:37 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
“Bishop” T.D. Jakes blasted white evangelical Christians during a “woke” interview with the far-left magazine, “The Atlantic.”
Jakes, pastor of The Potter’s House Church in Texas, was interviewed for a story titled, “T.D. Jakes on How White Evangelicals Lost Their Way.”
“I think white evangelicals lost sight of “What would Jesus do?” because they only define Jesus in very narrow terms,” Jakes told the leftist magazine.
It sounds like something Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton would say.
Is the black bishop simply misinformed or does he harbor bigoted feelings toward white Christians?
Following, is the pertinent portion of the interview:
Jakes: Can I be honest?
Green: Yes!
Jakes: That’s only a revelation to people who are far removed from it. [Laughs.]
Because the Church is a galvanizing place of all classes of people, this is something that we’re confronted with every week. It is amazing to me that we can live in the same city and have two completely different experiences. You can kind of be willfully blind to the pain of the people who are in your own city and have ladies’ meetings and come together to solve poverty around the world and not think a thing about poverty right in your own city.
Green: You know, when I hear you say that, I can’t help but hear an implication about the way certain other Christians—maybe white Christians in particular—live, with a kind of international orientation toward helping kids in Africa but not caring that much about helping people who are their neighbors in their own city. Am I hearing you right?
Jakes: [Laughs.] I think that’s true in some cases, but I don’t think that they are a monolith. I’ve met pastors who cared, and who have joined hands and tried to help and serve, and who were first responders in times of crisis. But by and large, it makes people uncomfortable to look at complicated problems. And the problems in underserved communities are complicated by poor education, poor access to medical care, crime, and the distance in culture. As a whole, I think white evangelicals lost sight of “What would Jesus do?” because they only define Jesus in very narrow terms.
Green: Well, you’re going to have to say a little bit more about that.
Jakes: [Laughs.] I think that social issues define the spaces where faith and politics and society intertwine—Roe v. Wade and same-gender-loving people. [White evangelicals] don’t always put the same level of weight on the poor, the disenfranchised, or criminal-justice problems. They don’t see that as important.
Green: Just to be clear, I take it that theologically speaking, you might not disagree with, say, a conservative Southern Baptist pastor on abortion or same-sex marriage. But you’re saying that there’s a difference in emphasis.
Jakes: Yes, there’s a great deal of difference—you’re exactly right. There’s a great deal of difference in emphasis.
To raise the concern for the unborn above the born—to fight for the life in the womb and not in the prison or in the school systems—if life is valuable, then after the mother pushes out the baby, that life should still be that valuable.
“Rev” Jessee Jackson doesn’t care what happens to blacks in the neighborhood. Maybe Jakes could look a little closer.
Jakes lives in a plush conditions in his mansion and doesn’t seem to think he needs to do anything besides run his mouth.
Guy has a net worth of 20 million.
Jakes: “Stop sending your money to poor people in Africa and Central America. Send your money closer... to me!”
It’s been so long since I’ve heard someone bashing White people…
Judge not, lest ye be judged, is what my Bible says. His says “Judge others according to their skin color, because some are better than others”.
I think to a certain extent he is right about focusing on international things other than local. The problem is that international donations and missions show fruit. I would guess more people have come to Christ through missions in Africa than in American inner cities...and it’s probably not even remotely close.
The problem isn’t white evangelicals. The problem is politicians who need to keep individuals down.
I’m Jesus would bring up not being a faggot to TD.
I think Jesus would be saying something about 70% of the black babies being born out of wedlock.
I wonder what percentage of conceived black babies (including those aborted) occur out of marriage? Jesus would definitely be talking about that.
Regards,
He focuses on race when the True Body of Christ is united.
If he wants to get real with comparisons, then White Evangelicals have done eons more towards contributing to the Kingdom of Christ than his heretic version of “Word of Faith” movement has done.
Any Evangelical will tell you that going to a foreign nation will produce more fruit than local American evangelization.
If I were to ask a person about what Jesus would do, T.D. Jakes would be about the last person I would ask.
At the moment, I am pretty sure that Jesus would be fashioning a whip...
Don’t black Evangelicals read the same Bible?
How are they not then using to fix their own problems instead of blaming while folks for them?
It’s easy.
Read it.
Do what it says.
For the black race the issue is themselves and their behavior
Something they simply refuse to accept
Jake’s exploits this for money
I guess he’s not familiar with who was instrumental in ending the slave trade.
99% of Christian efforts (money and people) is spent in places where there is a significant Christian presence. 1% goes to those places where the gospel has never been preached. This is not to say that ministry in the US is unimportant, or that we shouldn’t have a heart for the cities. But most American churches are fighting desperately to change the minds of those who have repeatedly rejected Jesus, while they give no effort to making sure that the rest of the world knows who Jesus is.
A Church FIRST, should concern itself with teaching and worshiping of The Almighty. The Pastor can speak about what is happening in the outside world that affects the Church, but to worry about the colors of those in need he becomes Jeremiah Wright.
“At the moment, I am pretty sure that Jesus would be fashioning a whip...”
At the moment, I am pretty sure that Jesus is right now fashioning a whip ...... CORRECTION
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