Post by dividavi on May 20, 2018 2:06:01 GMT
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A church’s highway sign in Birmingham, Alabama, has sparked controversy for saying "Black folks need to stay out of white churches." The pastor of the black church that put up the sign has defended the remarks as encouraging locals to fight gentrification.
Rev. Michael R Jordan, pastor of New Era Baptist Church in Birmingham's West End, put up the sign on Saturday, according to AL.com. The reverse of the sign gives a complementary message: "White folks refused to be our neighbors."
Here's the rationale for Reverend Jordan's message:
Photo of Chris Hodges:
A church’s highway sign in Birmingham, Alabama, has sparked controversy for saying "Black folks need to stay out of white churches." The pastor of the black church that put up the sign has defended the remarks as encouraging locals to fight gentrification.
Rev. Michael R Jordan, pastor of New Era Baptist Church in Birmingham's West End, put up the sign on Saturday, according to AL.com. The reverse of the sign gives a complementary message: "White folks refused to be our neighbors."
Here's the rationale for Reverend Jordan's message:
Church of the Highlands founder Chris Hodges announced the new location May 2, saying, "We've decided that this fall, we're going to launch a campus but it's not gonna be like our normal campuses. We're gonna launch a campus right in the heart of the highest crime [area] of our entire city. And we're gonna do a live service, with live speaking and different music and it's gonna be different in a lot of ways to meet the needs of that community," the Christian Post reported.
It's in that light that Jordan advised black Birminghamians to "stay out of white churches." Jordan told AL.com that "Blacks have flooded white churches and moved into white neighborhoods… It's for status reasons. It's a sense of self-worth. But 99 percent of whites won't go to a black church."
It's in that light that Jordan advised black Birminghamians to "stay out of white churches." Jordan told AL.com that "Blacks have flooded white churches and moved into white neighborhoods… It's for status reasons. It's a sense of self-worth. But 99 percent of whites won't go to a black church."
