Race crying 'racism'

“The African American Church was born out of the crucible of slavery and the legacy of prophetic African American preachers since slavery has been and continues to heal broken marginalized victims of social and economic injustices. This is an attack on the legacy of the African American Church which led and continues to lead the fight for human rights in America and around the world.” Reverend Otis Moss III, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ.

"Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached the Christian tenet, “love thy neighbor as thyself.” Before Dr. King was murdered on April 4, 1968, he preached, “The 11 o’clock hour is the most segregated hour in America.” Forty years later, the African American Church community continues to face bomb threats, death threats, and their ministers’ characters are assassinated because they teach and preach prophetic social concerns for social justice. Sunday is still the most segregated hour in America."

The discussion over Barack Obama's mentor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright JR, continues, with a statement issued from the church that he founded. It's one thing to talk about the role of the African American Church, important as it has been for all the reasons stated - but then to trot out the cliche about the 11'O' clock hour still being the most segregated hour in America, is disingenuous. For there to be a segregated hour there needs to be an African American Church whose identity and distinctive based on ethnicity alone. In the same way there needs to be a white church to remain just as ethno-centric. Where is the call to true Christo-centric christianity where there is no Jew or Greek, Slave or Free but all are ONE IN CHRIST?