MLK

MLK
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Lifting up an image of a white Jesus, or a black one for that matter, contributes to one of the largest obstacles to building an authentic Christian community. In 1956, Martin Luther King, Jr. said that "the most segregated hour of Christian America" is "11:00 on Sunday morning." In nearly forty years, that hasn't changed. In some communities our image of Jesus speaks more to our history of racism, segregation, and slavery than it speaks to the Christ of Scripture.