Did you know there are no white people in the Bible? Does that surprise you? It’s true, I assure you. Not Adam, Abraham, Moses, Deborah, David, Elijah, Jezebel, Daniel, Jesus, Peter, Paul, or even Lydia or the church in Rome were white. Most of the people in the Bible were Jews of middle eastern origin. The few people in the Bible from the region we now call Europe may have had light-colored skin and would be considered white today, but they were not white in their day.
Read MoreThe last few years have been full of controversy among churches. There seems to be no end to the controversial subjects churches are being forced to address. Some come from within when our brothers and sisters challenge our traditional views and practices. Others are coming from the larger culture but spill over into the church. Regardless of their origin, the number of issues being reconsidered is huge. They include leadership models of church, worship practices, what is or is not part of “the gospel,” the mission of the church, how to interpret the Bible, the relationship between church and state, racial history and justice, gender roles in the church and family, LGBTQ matters, plus many others.
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