Comments on: Chicago’s ‘integrated church’ is a joke

By: Philip Leitner

Philip Leitner — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:52:07 +0000

Is this really a story about racial division in church, or more a story of how many white fakers there are in churches across America? Maybe non-white races are more likely to not try and pretend being a Christian just to assuage any guilt they feel for their actions.

And I say these things as a Christian who goes to a Baptist church where we have a healthy mix of all races in our congregation. ANd I have also been to churches like Willow Creek-most of the white people there are one way Sunday and different the rest of the week. Not being mean, just speaking from experience.

By: jimchapman

jimchapman — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:56:39 +0000

“To some white congregants, naming a person of another color to tell you what Scripture means, week in and week out, crosses an internal boundary between “diversity” (positive) and “affirmative action” (potentially unnerving.)”

Well, let’s not tell them about St Augustine or the Apostle Paul, then.

By: Fran Johns

Fran Johns — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:59:50 +0000

Alas, I don’t see the racial divide being bridged by evangelical churches any time soon. There is real progress, though, being made in interfaith groups such as the San Francisco Interfaith Council; if you hang out with people of wildly differing faiths enough you REALLY don’t notice their skin color. You can have a pretty good time, too.