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Lots of well-meaning white Christians ask, “How can our church become more diverse?” But that puts all the emphasis on what happens for a coule hours on a single day of the week. To see integrated churches on Sunday you must live an integrated life Monday through Saturday.
That said, there are still all kinds of reasons for ethnic specific churches from language to refuge from racism. And it’s important to see racial justice as a holistic pursuit, not just something that changes the diversity aesthetic of majority-white churches on Sunday morning.
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