"For Such a Time as This!!!"
by Sister Elizabeth Williams
Church Historian
Second Baptist Church, Independence
Pastor, Rev. John Gray
I find it disconcerting that the local church only hears from the district when it seeks to elevate its internal workings. I have not heard anything that speaks to the "urgency of now".
As we, as people of color, are once again in position to view the ugly realities of "the Jim Crow Era", we are only reminded of the "business as usual" programs and services. No real emphasis on Black History. No urgent call to speak truth to an administration that is intent on erasing us as a people. No strategy that serves to educate and demonstrate so that our voices are heard and our concerns are realized.
Classes and elections are fine. However, when it becomes business as usual, we are not facing the truth of "The Fierce Urgency of Now". Surely, we have come into the kingdom for such a time as this!!!
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Blessings, Elizabeth Williams
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