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Martin Luther King’s Acceptance Speech of the Nobel Peace Peace Prize

Martin Luther King’s Acceptance Speech of the Nobel Peace Peace Prize

Martin Luther King’s Acceptance Speech for  the Nobel Peace Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1964 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when 22 million Negroes of the United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night [...]

Diversity’s Symphony: by David Bowden

Diversity’s Symphony: by David Bowden

This is a powerful spoken word piece by David Bowden, produced by my friend and fellow unity advocate Scott Williams, author of Church Diversity. What thoughts or emotions does this video stir in you?

If This Happened To You, Could You Really Forgive?

If This Happened To You, Could You Really Forgive?

29 March 2011

This video comes from People Of The Second Chance, an initiative started by my friends Mike Foster and Jud Wilhite. The question I want to ask you is, “if this sort of thing happened to you, would you be able to forgive?” There are many things that divide us in this broken, and lost society. [...]

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15 “Doable” Ways You Can Foster More Diversity In Your Ministry NOW!

15 “Doable” Ways You Can Foster More Diversity In Your Ministry NOW!

15 January 2011

One of the most come things I hear when I speak with ministry leaders about being intentional about diversity is: We welcome ALL people to join our church.  We are not “racist!” And while today, in the 21st century, this sentiment may very well be true, there still lingers (often overlooked) the perpetual residue of separatism that [...]

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10 Great Books On Diversity And The Church

10 Great Books On Diversity And The Church

13 January 2011

Ethnic Blends, byr Marl DeyMaz. “Ethnic Blends describes what effective local churches in the twenty-first century will look like, and shows us how to create them, together as one, beyond race and class distinctions.” –Miles McPherson, Senior Pastor, The Rock Church, San Diego Ethnic Blends is a prophetic, Christ-centered road map that offers [...]

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Reconciled!

Reconciled!

13 January 2011

By Bruce Koblish I’m a child of the ’60s, and my generation is no stranger to racial tension in our country. So I guess I should not have been surprised that when I became the president of the Gospel Music Association, I faced these same issues within the world of Christian music. The second [...]

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White as Snow? Guilty as Sin?

White as Snow? Guilty as Sin?

13 January 2011

By Darrel Rowland (guest post) Some 50 years ago Martin Luther King Jr. pierced the church’s soul by pointing out that the most segregated hour in America was 11:00 Sunday morning. Things sure have changed in the five decades since, haven’t they? I mean, we gather at all sorts of hours other than 11 am Sunday these [...]

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An Interview With Byron Davis, Director Of Dream Of Destiny

An Interview With Byron Davis, Director Of Dream Of Destiny

13 January 2011

By Brad Dupray Dream of Destiny is casting a vision for Christian churches and churches of Christ across America to increase their evangelistic outreach through ethnic diversity in ministry. Dudley Rutherford, senior pastor of Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch, California, challenged Byron Davis to spearhead the venture as [...]

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We Have A Dream… A Dream Of Destiny!

We Have A Dream… A Dream Of Destiny!

13 January 2011

By Dudley C. Rutherford At the midway point of Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech on the footsteps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, he mentioned the white people in attendance that day. Most are not aware there were many white people who participated in that momentous march [...]

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All White Is Not Alright

All White Is Not Alright

13 January 2011

Some 50 years ago Martin Luther King Jr. pierced the church’s soul by pointing out that the most segregated hour in America was 11:00 Sunday morning. Things sure have changed in the five decades since, haven’t they? I mean, we gather at all sorts of hours other than 11 am Sunday these [...]

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