The black majority Church's praise and celebration style was beginning to really influence the UK Church worship and reflected their substantial growth as a movement mainly in the British cities, with worship leaders Noel Robinson, Mark Beswick and Muyiwa leading the way.
Someone with direct experience of how to bridge the divide is Rev Israel Olofinjana, author of Partnership in Mission:
A black majority church perspective on mission and church unity (Instant Apostle).
Patten says that concerns about inclusivity are coming from
black majority church leaders too.
Much has been written about how the explosion of movements such as Hillsong and the rise of London's
black majority churches have contributed to Church growth in London.
When I interviewed pastor Agu Irukwu of Jesus House, one of the UK's largest
black majority churches, for this magazine in 2012 he predicted that we won't speak of
black majority churches in the future as our churches will be multicultural.
Not exact matches
Specifically, the Commission on Religion and Public Life called for the number of bishops to be cut from 26 to 16, to allow clerics from other major religions in Britain to be represented, as well as other strands of the
Church currently which are excluded, such as the Roman Catholic
Church and
Black -
majority churches.
Fires have damaged or destroyed at least six American
Black -
majority churches in the past week since... More
A significant change in the diversity of the British
Church, where Anglicans and Methodists have declined while
Black -
majority churches, Evangelicals and Charismatic and Non-Denominational
churches have increased.
The decision comes at a time when racial tensions in the US are high after the Charleston massacre, arson attacks against several
black -
majority churches and several incidents of alleged white police brutality against unarmed
black suspects in the past year.
What if our children were accustomed to seeing
black pastors of
majority white
churches, and vice-versa?
It seems that, in the midst of
black Christian outcry in 2013, the
majority of white Christians pressed the snooze button on racial justice, sleepwalking into their
churches where an individualistic gospel that doesn't call them to say or do anything about racial injustice is preached, where white culture, rather than Christ, reigns supreme, and where the problems and perspectives of
black people are ignored.
God may be
black for academic theologians, but this perspective has not trickled down to the
majority of folk who preach and worship in the
black church.
I still see whites in
black churches and I go to a
majority white
church with at least 6
black families (and other minority groups).
If white peopele choose not to go a
majority black church, are they separatist?
On any given Sunday a large
majority of
black Americans attend
church.
It provides a base for new coalitions between Roman Catholics and Protestants (witness the ecumenical character of its adherents), liberals and conservatives (witness the continuing concerns of the World Council of
Churches and the evangelicals» Chicago Declaration), «
majorities» and «minorities» (witness the numerous theological works written from
black, feminist, Latin American and Anglo perspectives), and therefore can become an acceptable, sound theological foundation for
church education.
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