Race and the church
Calvary Tabernacle experienced a tremendous manifestation of God’s Spirit during our Sunday morning service this past weekend. At the conclusion of the sermon, people flooded to the front for prayer, including a young Hispanic man who has not yet received the Holy Spirit.
Judging by his accent, this young man was born in Mexico. As he knelt in prayer, he was joined by my friend Victor, a native of Nigeria. In just a few minutes, this young Hispanic father had his hands in the air, tears streaming down his face as he trembled under the power of the Holy Spirit.
Victor just happened to be visiting Quincy this weekend following a speaking engagement with Campus Students for Christ at Western Illinois University in Macomb. At the conclusion of the men’s retreat where he was a guest speaker, Victor came down to Quincy to spend a little time with our family.
Victor’s visit set up our Sunday morning scenario – a native of Africa praying for a native of Mexico in predominantly German-American Pentecostal church. It struck me that, despite all the lofty rhetoric spouted by politicians and pundits, the church still is one of the few places where people of different backgrounds, races and ethnicities can gather on common ground for a common purpose.
If you want to be part of an inter-racial, multi-ethnic organization that exemplifies the real definition of tolerance, the Body of Christ is the place for you.
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Michelle Wardlow on November 12th, 2009
If you will build it, they will come!
Makes me think of that old song “Let’s have a revival!”
“If you’ll sing and preach the word, you’ll have a revival!”