{"id":1797,"date":"2013-02-03T00:08:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T05:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/?p=1797"},"modified":"2013-02-02T17:45:49","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T22:45:49","slug":"sunday-brunch-why-do-different-races-worship-separately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/sunday-brunch-why-do-different-races-worship-separately\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Brunch &#8211; Why Do Different Races Worship Separately?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SUNDAY BRUNCH\" src=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/SUNDAY-BRUNCH-1024x747.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/--J2uOm5PGEo\/TpAzxI6of9I\/AAAAAAAAEsI\/7EO0L1yTUsE\/s400\/cornflakes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you worship at a mixed-race church, or, is your church predominantly one race?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whenever I read the above-quoted scripture, I think about how we worship. Why do you think African-Americans and Whites worship separately? Are we presently separated\u00a0 in the church by race because African-Americans were forced to be separated in the past (through slavery and segregation)?<\/p>\n<p>Or, are we separated because of differing worship styles? I realize some separation in the church is obviously due to do differed religious beliefs. However, in this blog post, I&#8217;m focusing on racial separation within the church.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve worshiped in different race environments. As a child, the Kingdom Hall where I worshiped had mixed races. After I broke away from that faith, as an adult, I began worshiping at an AME church (African-American Episcopal). Currently, my family and I worship at a mixed race Baptist church. However, I don&#8217;t consider myself a Baptist or an AME, I consider myself a CHRISTIAN.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, is your church a mixed-raced church, or, are the members predominantly one race? What was the racial makeup of churches where you worshiped in the past!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leave a comment!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/johns-quest.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/johns-quest.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"259\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Johns-Quest-HEARTSONG-PRESENTS-ebook\/dp\/B008UU4Y36\/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1351421925&amp;sr=1-4&amp;keywords=cecelia+dowdy\">~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 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