Thank you for this post and for reminding us all of the history of the Civil Rights movement and God's call for all for believers to reject racism and recognize the image of God in all people. The Christian Reformed Church's synod has declared (and reaffirmed) that "to be in Christ is in principle to be reconciled as a community of racially and ethnically diverse people and to ignore his calling to turn this principle into experience reality is sinful according to God's Word and the Reformed Confessions." As members of Christ's Body we acknowledge that "in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor fee, male nor female, for we are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal 3:38). We therefore grieve the sin of racism in our countries, churches, and communities, and we desire to cooperate with the Holy Spirit to live out Jesus' vision for his Body today and in the future.
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Thank you for this post and for reminding us all of the history of the Civil Rights movement and God's call for all for believers to reject racism and recognize the image of God in all people. The Christian Reformed Church's synod has declared (and reaffirmed) that "to be in Christ is in principle to be reconciled as a community of racially and ethnically diverse people and to ignore his calling to turn this principle into experience reality is sinful according to God's Word and the Reformed Confessions." As members of Christ's Body we acknowledge that "in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor fee, male nor female, for we are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal 3:38). We therefore grieve the sin of racism in our countries, churches, and communities, and we desire to cooperate with the Holy Spirit to live out Jesus' vision for his Body today and in the future.