The Church is no stranger to challenges. In our long and rich history, we have experienced everything from persecution to adoration. However, in recent years, the American Church has had to face a new foe: irrelevance.
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“I am dark, but lovely.” These words resonate with me. In spite of the injustice; in spite of the sideways looks and comments; in spite of the enhanced self-consciousness that comes with being a person of color in the society we live in: “I am dark, but lovely, and the King greatly desires my beauty.”
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On July 4, 2016, Christian rapper Lecrae posted on the social media platform Twitter a black and white photo of African slaves in the United States. Lecrae captioned the photo, “My family on July 4th, 1776.” This caused some controversy.
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Ever since I could remember, I’ve been going to church. I knew about gospel choirs and sermons that ended in the pastor shouting about Jesus’ death, resurrection and salvation. When movies depicted Black churches, I felt qualified to judge their performance against the real thing.
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In 2018, a former Nazi eagerly exchanged his shiny green KKK robes for the plain, unadorned baptismal robes of faith in Christ. For likely not the first, and hopefully not the last time, a white supremacist was baptized in a black church.
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What does it mean to “other” someone? What harm do we cause when we turn someone into the other?
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