This is an extremely dangerous and irresponsible thing to do; one can only conclude that the people behind the monument removal actually do want to stir up hatred and anger and revive old hates and fears that we thought had long been left behind.
In my Southern town, a minister (from out of town) is leading a campaign to remove a monument to the Confederate dead from the town plaza. There are no Confederate symbols on it, but just a couple of elegiac inscriptions - and the names of the dead, virtually all of which are names of the old families who are still living in this town and in the rural areas around here. And they’re not happy.
I don’t think their response is going to be good if this goes much further. But again, I think that is precisely what the monument removers want: to provoke, destabilize and destroy.
Does he have a congregation? What do they think?