Removing the Stain of Racism from the Southern Baptist Convention: Diverse African American and White Perspectives Author Cherie Lowe They show a people forging

They show a people forging a path forward into an uncertain future in the hope that God will forgive past failures and begin again with them

but the last thing I want to read is another book on the Christmas story

but deeper ones that mirror God himself as the original Friend

and uncompelling

Removing the Stain of Racism from the Southern Baptist Convention: Diverse African American and White Perspectives Author Cherie Lowe They show a people forgingThe Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has a historical stain. The SBC once affirmed slavery and openly opposed and condemned abolitionists. Even though the convention repented of this sin publicly, a profound divide between the white majority and the black and brown minority still exists for many churches. This stain is more than historical fact; it prohibits Southern Baptist churches from embracing the one new man in Christ promised in Ephesians 2: