How do they propose this be brought about?
In my experience, white people do not seem to be any more comfortable in predominantly black churches as black people do in white churches.
And I KNOW they’re not proposing forced integration.
Moses smell the roses. Churches integrate as the members desire. What is next force busing across town to churches?
Blacks are free to come into those churches. No one is prohibiting them and the congregations there are not shunning Blacks if they do come into their churches. They will welcome them as fellow Christians.
I fully support integrated churches, but to my knowledge there are no laws keeping blacks and whites from worshiping together.
Only issue is folks have different worship styles. How do they propose overcoming that reality?
(Oh, in my former lily white PCA church we had a black deacon. He was a former black panther whose former life goal was to kill white people.)
My Southern Baptist church is already integrated, and multi-ethnic.
Several years ago, I heard a black pastor of a black church say our congregation could have corporate worship only occasionally because “I can’t take much of your music”. Imagine if one of us had said that.
First of all, these SBC leaders are “go along to get along” kind of guys.
Second, I don’t know of any Baptist Churches that turn away blacks. The problem is no blacks want to leave their churches to attend a white church.
Yo, leaders, stick to preaching the gospel.
I suspect this will fail, not out of racism against each other, but because of racial preference in their religious experience.
That is, predominantly white religious services tend to be calm and reserved, with limited and ritual only congregational involvement. At length there are times where it is as quiet as a library. It is a subdued and thoughtful experience.
But predominantly black religious services tend to be rather loud, boisterous, and enthusiastic. The congregation is involved in the ceremony and even the sermon.
Of course there is considerable variation in all of this, but it is the general preference of the people involved. Yet an effort to integrate the two cultures will prove unsatisfactory to either group, far less enjoyable that what they were raised with.
I’ve heard that churches are the most segregated places there are but not so in my church. It is mostly people of European descent but at any Mass I go to I see people from Africa, African Americans (there is a difference), several different Asian countries including Viet Nam, the Philippines, and China; hispanic. We all speak English and we all worship Jesus.
It boils down to musical taste. Better music in the black churches. Can we integrate with them? Please?
meaning - just like when Holder wants and “honest” discussion on race - SBC Churches now need to integrate so whites can get more racism and guilt thrown their way.
I mean LITERALLY 24/7 ALL NEWS is “social justice” and “white privilege” (which are racist terms), and now those racist terms need to be fed to conservative churches now.
I do less talking and more questions (trial balloons) when I’m around men who are right of center and call themselves Christians. And almost ALL are still completely clueless as to the evil and hatred directed towards them from the US Gov, MSM and all the powerful identity groups.
It’s disgusting the naivete today considering this isn’t 25 or more years ago when the truth could be buried by CBS, NBC, ABC and the Times. If guys don’t get it now, they never will or they will when it’s too late.
I’ve witnessed a sermon given by none other than Charles Stanley (pretty diverse congregation too), and he railed against the “one” and our gov’t over the sin and downright evil they promote. Lo and behold, blacks by the dozens began making their way towards the exits during this particular sermon.
Good SBC Preachers aren’t afraid to tell the Hard Core truth. Good zombie liberal bed-wetting CINO’s (Christians in Name Only) are only looking to get offended and only want to fit in where their “views” are welcome.
The gospel isn’t something to be played with. People’s literal lives are at stake and that’s why the truth is so important, it must be wielded like a sword.
They can take their stupid Social Project and shove it.
Not a good idea. Many non-White churches are politically oriented, while others are anti-American separatist (like 0bama’s church)
Please. People go where they are comfortable. I highly doubt SB churches are kicking black folks out who are there to worship as brothers and sisters. Now, if the call is to integrate because that’s the goal of multiculuralism, then this is incredibly stupid.
All races are welcome at my SBC church. We have had a few blacks attend over the years, but they never stay long - probably move to where they are with people that look like them. Their choice. What do these so-called “leaders” propose to do to change it?
People should be permitted to associate freely and in fact it’s enshrined in our Constitution. If that means some black people prefer an all black church, fine. If it means anyone prefers an all-anything church, fine. Those who wish to associate on the basis of other considerations, that’s fine too. Forced association is a primrose path to something that is not fine, wherever it’s tried.