“The Church must speak out with one voice against bigotry and racism. We have been too quiet. The time is now. A platform has been placed in front of us and we must speak with clarity and truth. We’ve made a mess of things, but there is a way forward. It will require us to hold fast to his vision for one Church and the biblical truth of one race. We need to lament our broken past and be willing to make some personal confession about our own part in this mess. Then we will have to be willing to forgive and move toward true repentance. We must be committed to fight until the battle for reconciliation is won. And we must never forget that our power is not in guns, weapons, or armies. Our power is on our knees before God.”
John Perkins, One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love. Chicago: Moody Publishing, 2018, page 174.
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