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The article discusses the response of Christians to the racist comments made by the current US president, including a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. The author suggests that prayer and conversations across denominational and racial lines may not be enough to combat racism. Instead, the article highlights a Kingdom Conversation about Race and the Alt Right held by Pastor Dwight McKissic and Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, which offered prayer points for racial healing and unity in the Southern Baptist Convention and revival in churches and the nation. The article concludes that acknowledging the existence of racism may be the first step in dealing with it.<\/p>\n
Every so often, I have to revise this column to reflect yet another hateful, bigoted and racist comment made by the current president of the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This time it wasn\u2019t comments that he made, but rather a video that was posted on his social media depicting the beloved former president and his wife (Barack and Michelle Obama) as monkeys.<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n This classic racist trope shocked some and merely confirmed to others that he is a racist motivated by hate-filled cruelty and a desire to further divide our country along racial lines.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the past, he boldly taunted that four Congresswomen should \u201cgo back to where they came from\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 another racist and demoralizing comment.\u00a0Rather than spend the rest of this week\u2019s column listing all of the racist things Trump has said in his lifetime (there is not enough space for that), I\u2019d rather spend my column looking at how should Christians respond.\u00a0With prayer?\u00a0With conversations across denominational and racial lines? These things might work, but history has shown those efforts often work for a short time until the next racist comment is made. <\/p>\n So, what should Christians do?<\/p>\n A couple of years ago, Pastor Dwight McKissic Sr.<\/a> and Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington held a Kingdom Conversation about Race and the Alt Right.\u00a0 This event took place partly because of the weak response of the Southern Baptist Church to the Charlottesville White Nationalist racist hate rally in August 2017<\/a>. Then and now, questions about how the Church could take a leading role in healing our nation were raised. The event offered the following as points to pray about moving forward regarding racism and the Christian Church.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n We are praying and believing God for racial healing and unity in the Southern Baptist Convention and revival in our churches and the Nation in order that America may be peaceable and a well-ordered society, demonstrating liberty and justice for all.\u00a0<\/p>\n White Supremacy contradicts the Word of God and is an ideology that no authentic Kingdom citizen \/follower of Christ can affirm. \u00a0 Therefore, we are praying that The Lord would rebuke the public and private attitudes and actions demonstrating White Supremacy in America.\u00a0<\/p>\n We are praying for our President, pastors, political leaders, parents, neighbors and friends to stand boldly against fascism and to exercise wisdom in our daily walk during these racially turbulent times.\u00a0<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know what the answer is but I think the best place to start is in the word of God. \u00a0The bible says in Galatians 3:28<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cThere is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n