the reconciled church summit

The Reconciled Church

Agenda

Opening Prayer

Introductions

Purpose Statement

Prayer For Our City and Nation

The Reconciled Church Bridges To Peace

Comments & Expressions

Next Steps


John 17:20 – 21

“I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word: that they all may

be one, as You, Father are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be

one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.”


Two LifeWay Research surveys:

1. Church Segregation

2. Views on Race and Racism in

America


“And they sang a new song, saying: ‘You are worthy to take the scroll, and to

open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your

blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us

kings and priest to our God; and we shall reign on the earth.”

Revelation 5:9-10


BRIDGES TO PEACE

1. Prayer and Reconciliation Events

2. Education Reform

3. Civic Engagement

4. Community Outreach and Service

5. Marriage and Family

6. Criminal Justice Reform

7. Economic Development


Open Dialogue On

Racism

Poverty

Unemployment

Education

Criminal Justice System

The Church’s Response


Would you agree that the divide in the

church is a reflection of the divide in the

culture?

What needs to happen in the Charlotte

region for us to build bridges across the

racial divide?

The Reconciled ChurchPastor Matt Chandler of the Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas,encouraged Christians to put themselves in others’ shoes, decreeing the“inability or an unwillingness for [his] Anglo brothers or sisters to considerwhat it’s like to be in the 13 percentile of American society.”

Chandler, who has spoken openly about his views on racialreconciliation, said he was surprised to see so many people expressfrustration over the #blacklivesmatter hashtag that went viral in the wakeof the deaths of both Brown and Garner.

He added that he believes the Bible shows how the privileged class tendsto “suppress or oppress.”

Quotes taken from transcripts from “A Time To Speak” an event focusingon racial reconciliation that was held at the historical Lorraine Motel andNational Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee — the locationwhere Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968. Dec. 2014

The Reconciled ChurchDr. Voddie Baucham, senior pastor of Grace FamilyBaptist Church in Spring, Texas, doesn’t believe thatsociety is inherently racist — and he takes issue with theso-called lionization of Michael Brown and Eric Garner,unarmed African American men who died at the hands ofpolice officers during unrelated incidents this year.

“For me when I look at this … one of the things that wehave to keep in mind is the fact that Eric Garner, MikeBrown — they were not Martin Luther King Jr. They werenot,” Baucham said at a panel event Tuesday night.“There is a difference. There is a distinction betweenindividuals who are living lives that represent what we arefighting for and individuals who [represent] lives that weare trying to rise above.”

The Reconciled ChurchDr. Eric Mason, pastor of Epiphany Fellowship in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, offered up his take on when

he believes there will be true evidence that racial

reconciliation is afoot.

“You’ll know when black and white racial reconciliation is

beginning to take root when a large number of whites

can submit to black leadership, and not feel the need to

be an authority with them to check their leadership,” hesaid.


Next Prayer and Summit

Thursday, June 11, 2015

11:30 am – 1:30 pm

“For nation (people group) shall rise against nation (people group), and

kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines (recessions), pestilences, and

earthquakes in various places.”

Matthew 24:7

JULY 20, 2015

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