Racial Reconciliation

Dr. Calvin Glass

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Dr. Calvin Glass challenges traditional theological perspectives for racial reconciliation while pointing the way to a workable solution to racism based on biblical principles.
Racism within the Christian community in America has resulted in social unrest and has plagued the Christian church in a way that mandates urgent solutions.
Dr. Calvin Glass, the senior pastor of Lord of Lords Ministries and the president of Ministers United, shares a practicable methodology based on biblical principles to promote racial reconciliation.
Having interviewed and taught focus groups representing a Black Christian congregation, a non-Black Christian congregation, and a group of local diverse senior pastors and ministers in the metro Detroit area, he shares a plethora of wisdom that Christians can put to work in their own houses of worship.
The objective of the research was to describe the reality of historical racism in the Christian community and to motivate and implement multicultural change that will enhance the building of theologically healthy and loving relationships among all races.
With the Christian church struggling to find its footing in modern times, attaining true racial unity and harmony lingers as a thorn in the flesh. Discover biblical truths that will promote racial reconciliation with the wisdom and insights in this book.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Christian Theology
• Philosophie et théologie
• Congregation
• Reconciliation
• Theology
• Racism
• Community
• Unity
• Ministry

Informations

• Publié par: WestBow Press
• Date de parution: 25 avril 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781664294660
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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RACIAL
RECONCILIATION
 
A Theological Approach to Building Relationships
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DR. CALVIN GLASS
 
 
 

 
Copyright © 2023 Dr. Calvin Glass.
 
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ISBN: 978-1-6642-9759-3 (sc)
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2023907016
 
 
 
WestBow Press rev. date: 04/18/2023
 
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgments
 
Poem—My Window of Pain
Introduction
My Study
The Discussion of My Thesis
Principles to Building Relationships
Theoretical Foundations
My Methodology
Research Results
My Summary of Interviews
Research Findings
Bible Study Survey Analysis
Corrective Racial Reconciliation Theology
Steps to Racial Reconciliation
 
Conclusion
Poem—Building Bridges
Appendix A : Interview Questions
Appendix B : Racial Reconciliation Bible Study
Bibliography
ABBREVIATIONS
BBR
Building Better Relationships
DMIN
Doctor of Ministry
GDP
Greater Detroit Partnership
HCA
His Church Anglican
LUSOD
Liberty University School of Divinity
LOLCC
Lord of Lords Christian Church
MU
Ministers United
 

Bibles

AMP
The Amplified Bible
KJV
The King James Version
MESG
The Message Bible
NIV
The New International Version
NKJV
The New King James Version
NLT
The New Living Translation
TLV
The Tree of Life Version
PREFACE
Racism within the Christian community in America has resulted in social unrest and has plagued the Christian church in a way that mandates urgent solutions to this untamed malady. This book’s focus is on learning a practicable methodology based on biblical principles that address racial reconciliation (building God-approved relationships with all ethnic groups) that will combat racial disunity and disconnect among Christians. The study method used BBR (Building Better Relationships), which consisted of interviewing and teaching focus groups representing a Black Christian congregation, a non-Black Christian congregation, and a group of local diverse senior pastors and ministers in the metro Detroit area. The focus-group participants received teaching and training on biblical racial reconciliation directives through a six-session curriculum and bimonthly meetings. Ten individuals—five Black Christian leaders and five non-Black Christian leaders—made up the first two focus groups. Another group of local Christian leaders made up the third group. The objective of the research was to describe the reality of historical racism in the Christian community and to motivate and implement multicultural change that will enhance the building of theologically healthy and loving relationships among all races (ethnic groups).
Dr. Calvin Glass’s life, ministry, and passion are dedicated to ensuring that Christians worldwide experience the reality of building intimate relationships with God through His Son Jesus Christ, and know the transferable anointing of the Holy Spirit as it relates to the God-ordained ministry of reconciliation that every believer should demonstrate with God and His created world. In this book, you will learn a theological perspective for racial reconciliation and a practical and workable methodology that will bring racial healing to the Body of Christ and the world we serve.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to express my gratitude to my wife Nina, our eight children; Pastors Melvin and Sandy Gower; my mentor, Dr. Zabloski, Lord of Lords congregation; Pastor Allen and His Church Anglican congregation; the pastors and leaders of Ministers United and Greater Detroit Partnership; the research participants; and all my family members and friends who encouraged me that racial reconciliation was a theme worth researching.
MY WINDOW OF PAIN
There are many ways of observing life
With the Joy of things that re main.
Yet I grasp a different s ight
Of a well-structured window of pain.
These undeserved barriers keep men a part
Separating the Land of the Free.
A reality of this mindless h eart
Has destroyed much dig nity.
Why is there such a f rame?
Where Love doesn’t seem to c ount
But hate is shown unfeignedl y so,
Promoting countless do ubts.
The more I look, the more I see
The problems we must face.
Despite the many progre sses
Of my vigilant race.
 
Blame it on lost his tory
Or even those of the past.
But don’t you think the one to b lame
Is he who blocks freedom’s path?
The soldier knows what he mus t do
To win against his foes,
And bring them to a point of de feat
Through judgment, truth, and woes.
So I stand in total dejec tion
Hoping for positive ch ange.
Asking God for a better revela tion
Of my unwanted window of pain.
Calvin G lass
INTRODUCTION
Since the origin of civilization, humanity’s identity and imagery have been challenged, distorted, and debated. Authentic conversations concerning racial reconciliation, race status, and race relations are still among the most curious, misunderstood, and researched subjects of modern academia. As the Christian church faces the many struggles of modernity, the age-old fight for true racial unity and harmony still lingers as a major thorn in the flesh. My research for this book identifies my pure motive and desire to implement biblical truths that will change unbiblical thinking and behavior when it comes to race relations. My optimistic pursuit is that the battle for racial reconciliation among most Christians is in alignment with Jesus’s prayer for Christian unity. In the Lord’s Prayer, he said,
My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and