"There
is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and
female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
(Galatians 3:28 NIV)
Race
highlights the fact that in our congregational life we usually do not reflect
the variety of cultures. There are
Asian, West Indian, and Anglo-Saxon congregations worshiping and meeting close
to each other. These groups meet at work
and in school, but not always in church.
If the church is middle-class and intellectual in the language of the
services, in the music employed, in the life-style expected of Christians, in
its leadership, and in the methods of presenting the gospel, then the whole
atmosphere is such as to repel those who are not middle-class and
intellectual. They feel out of place and
unwanted, even if they are given a friendly greeting at the door.
The
life of the New Testament Church was evidence of the supernatural; God was in
their midst. The power of Christ was a
reality. The fellowship could not be
explained in simple natural terms. A
church divided on social and racial lines is not evidence for the supernatural,
but for the simply human and social.
--
David Bronnert in "The Gospel and Culture" in “The Changing World”
#4625
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