Racism Is a Sin Church Must Confront for Gospel to Move Forward, Bishop Claude Alexander Says
Racism is sin. The denial of the image of God is sin. The denial of place is sin. The denial of essential personhood is sin. The denial of access and opportunity is sin. Nobody is better equipped to deal with this by way of just our nature than the Church. We’re equipped to name sin, to call for repentance, and to bring about reconciliation.
Bishop Claude Alexander
As we struggle to relate to each other in our current moment across racial and partisan lines, Bishop Claude Alexander has been looking back in time to see how the early Church dealt with divisions in the incredibly diverse Roman Empire. He believes that the Church is equipped in our own cosmopolitan world to address the sin of racism. The Christian Post follows his line of thinking in a powerful article than be found here.
About Claude Alexander
Bishop Claude Alexander is Senior Pastor of The Park Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, a global ministry serving thousands of congregants. He is a Past President of the Hampton University Ministers Conference and currently serves on the boards of Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, BioLogos, Movement.Org, and the Trinity Forum. He is the author of Necessary Christianity along with his new release, Required: God’s Call to Justice, Mercy and Humility to Overcome Racial Division co-authored with Dr. Mac Pier.
