From reparations to migrants swimming the Rio Grande, ours is a time when we Christians cannot shirk the challenge to up live to the best principles of our faith.
This summer marks 400 years since August 1619, when the first slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia.The four centuries have been to no small extent shaped by America's tumultuous relationship with racial injustice, from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement.
Christianity, after all, is supposed to be built on the covenant of love, and equality for all, justice for the poor and needy, and mercy to the stranger. This is true even if some Christians are forgetting these basic tenants of loving thy neighbor in favor of political power.
Twitter debates, of course, are among the lesser obstacles facing African Americans. Between white supremacism rearing its head in Charlottesville, the death of unarmed African Americans at the hands of police like Antwon Rose and Stephon Clark, and disparities between black and white access to quality housing and education, it's no wonder 79% of black Christians feel they are still experiencing the impact of slavery and racial injustice.
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