AMA: What Can Be Done About The Racial Divide Within The Church?

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🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Part 4 of 4 for this week’s Pass The Mic LIVE AMA from Philly. The question was 2 parts: lamenting the historic injustice perpetrated by white churches and specifically in the Philadelphia area, the other is asking what organizations are currently working to mend the racial divide in the American church. Tyler Burns shares his thoughts and experience as a Lead Pastor fighting injustice in his hometown of Pensacola. We are having such incredible conversations with listeners who have been encouraged and challenged by Pass The Mic and are looking for more engagement and community in their hometowns. We would be honored to bring this show to an area near you. If you’re Interested in bringing Pass The Mic to your school, church, or institution for a live recording, reach out to our producer at PTMLive.com, that's PTMLive.com to learn more and let’s get this show on the road together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So the question was about are there any groups that you know of nationally that are kind
0:10.7	of thinking through unity and actually helping to stand for truth, educate people, bring
0:16.8	them together fully and wholly under the banner of justice and Jesus.
0:23.2	Yeah, I think I love talking about Pensacola because we have this organization in Pensacola
0:28.2	called Jess Pensacola. That has been so transformative for me to be a part of. It's faith communities
0:34.7	coming together to hold the government and government officials both elected and appointed
0:40.7	accountable for Shalom and flourishing and wholeness within the local community. And every
0:47.4	year they have what's called a solemn assembly where they both, they lament the history of
0:52.8	injustice in the city. They celebrate the work of those who are doing justice on the ground.
0:59.6	And then they also come together with actions that actually end statements and live right in front
1:07.4	of, you know, whoever comes, which I think this year was like close to 500, 600 people.
1:14.1	Whoever comes, they hold the elected officials accountable to whether or not those who show up,
1:18.6	to whether or not they will actually do what has been requested of them. And so there's,
1:25.1	there's opportunities to come together under that. I think one of the things that I've realized is
1:32.4	there are some people that are coming into understanding. And there are some people that I can help
1:39.9	to take another step. And then there are some people that are best helped if I pray for them from a far
1:48.1	and coalesce the work with the people who are enthusiastic. And I think the big, the big issue is I
1:55.4	think we, we exert energy over people who are not willing to be sensitive and humble enough
2:02.1	to realize that the spirit is at work in expressions that don't line up with their experience.
2:10.1	And it's my heart to work with enthusiastic people. And that's not to say we leave those people
2:16.4	to the side, but it's my heart that in the modeling of an enthusiastic witness for truth and justice
2:25.4	that people will, that will be its own conviction to people. And also a challenge for them.
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