Racial reconciliation is not a biblical term. People use race as a slave master, a means of injustice and exploitation. The very purpose of the gospel is to reconcile human beings to God and to one another. When human beings are reconciled to God, their relationship with every culture is in harmony. A reconciled church would be an incredible testimony to God’s ability to do things that are impossible for human beings to accomplish on their own. So what I call for—what I believe the gospel calls for—is unity across ethnic and cultural barriers. Jesus prayed for that the night before He died:
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