Why can't WHITE CHRISTIANS praise their God along with blacks in a BLACK CHURCH?

Question

I was raised as a christian. My dad is a pastor for over 20 years. I have lived in 4 major cities. every one of the church's (predominately black) never had a full white couple ( as oppose to interracial) in it except for one. Now my dad used to go to white churches to preach but their would also be full black couples their.

Oh and extra info is I am not a christian. My God is not a white man with blonde hair and blue eyes.

Answer 1

All that dancing and singing ... A church is for prayer and contemplation.

Answer 2

I think genuine Christians welcome the idea of a trully mixed local church or put in another way, will think nothing of it were the congregation made up of blacks, whites, browns, reds and... greens? hee hee hee. Seriously, congregations tend to "organize" themselves around certain core issues or ministries which DIFFER from local church to local church and from region to region. A predominantly "white" blue collar church will have different issues among them (that the local church needs to address) than say a local church made up of immigrant Asians. In the immigrant church, the ministries will be geared to addressing or helping assimilation, adjustment issues, even "culture shock" issues. In the blue collar church, ministries will be geared towards things like job ethics, dating, child raising... etc. Not that the Asian church will not address these things - I'm only saying that the emphasis will be different.

It is a mistake to think that the surface "segregation" is dictated entirely over race or even culture - rather, it has a lot to do with the situation and the context of the congregation. That's why many people look around for a "home church" where their particular concerns can be addressed.

Answer 3

guy, you merely asked a query that maximum folk would be too afraid to truly answer truthfully. i admire questions like this because of the fact it makes human beings could desire to confess that black and white actually everyone isn't the "comparable". they are not, and actually everyone seems to be conscious it, yet is afraid to be politically incorrect and admit it. i'm no longer afraid to talk my actuality in this. i admire regularly black church homes(there are in many situations a minimum of a few contributors who're of different races) because of the fact they're in many situations so packed with spirit and excitement. whilst that's time to depart, I in many situations experience like my soul has extremely been lifted and it extremely is not so demanding to stand the week forward. regularly white church homes are o.ok., yet i lose interest truthfully, and that i on no account be able to stay long adequate to take heed to the entire sermon. Now, there are regularly black church homes that are the exception and somewhat calm (and boring) and there are regularly white church homes that ROCK the living house. Like I mentioned, however, they're the exceptions.

Answer 4

I don't know. I've always wanted to go to a black church (I'm white), but I guess I just have never really felt like I am welcome there. I don't really know why, I am almost positive I would be welcomed lovingly, but it just isn't really done so I feel weird doing it. I think for this to happen a widespread intermingling movement would have to occur. I, for one, would enjoy that extremely.
I think part of the problem is the media portraying black and white Christians as being so different, when I think we are probably more similar than we know.
P.S. We've had black preachers come to our church before, and well, I think I'd enjoy going to their churches.

Answer 5

We absolutely can. We worship the SAME God. One of the most beautiful worship experiences I've had was on a mission's trip: different languages, different skin colors - all praising God. We are a family. We are to love each other as brothers and sisters in Christ. Skin color doesn't matter to God, and it shouldn't matter to us.

If you want more white couples in your church, invite them!

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When I answered this question I assumed you were a Christian because you gave that impression in your opening post. But anyway, my God is not a white man with blond hair and blue eyes either.

Answer 6

I don't know, but i wish it wasn't that way, I'm white but to tell you the truth, I would feel like i wasn't wanted there, unless there was someone there that i knew.... you can feel if you are welcomed , vibes, body language is very obvious.,and I wish it wasn't so, I've had many black friends in my day(i'm 51) and i grew up in the south and I have fought this all my life but it want die, there's to many people on both sides that can't let go of the past,and I really hate it that we all believe in the same God but cant worship him together, but we need to get over it now because when we go to heaven I don't think it's going to be allowed up there...that's a long time to wait to be excepted by your brothers and sisters in Christ.

Answer 7

As I'm sure you already know coming from a church background 'black' churches stem from the segragation and isolation the affro-carribean communities felt toward churches that were geared toward white cultural sensibilities or practiced racial segregation.
"black churches" are often more focused on social issues of joblessness, poverty, and racism than is true of "white churches."
The black church also provided a means of social support and even an aid in dealing with alcoholism or other addictions
Therefore historically they stem from a need for the church to respond to 'black' needs as well as, exclusively, 'white'
It would be nice if we could all live together and harmonise, but some wounds and realities of life take longer to heal.

Answer 8

Nat-
You confuse me.
SO the prejudice is coming from black churches?
Well that is understandable in a way. In many parts of this country the "playing field " is not the same. It takes time for people to accept change, and never assume that the 100% of the people are accepting when they say nothing.

Its a cultural thing as much as anything. My white grandmother went to a mostly black baptist churches and was seen as an outcast in her day, in southern Louisiana in the 1940-50's. That was not DONE>and old stereo types take generations of brave people standing hand in hand to make the change last.

My name was erased and changed with out my mother's permission by my father on my birth certificate. She had named me for black woman that was my grandmothers best friend, it was a very obvious name, so everyone knew of whom I was named for. My dad thought he was protecting me born 1960's, it shamed him and my mom only found out when she received it in the mail. My grandmother understood. It wasn't right, yet it was accepted. You know.

Life is what we do. Action speaks volumes.

I became a minister and have a interracial family (adopted).

Answer 9

The only reason for a church to be all black or all while, when the immediate population is mixed, is the choice of the members to skip over closer churches to attend another one they feel is better.

You don't see that in JWs. They are as diverse as the local population, even in South Africa, before the end of apartheid, or the American South before things changed there.

I asked about that once of a person in my taxi, who was driving to church. We passed several Baptist Churches along the way. She was spending $20 to be take to a specific church, because it was all black. She said that the Black churches having a great grasp fo the holy spirit.

Answer 10

It is no longer socially acceptable for a church to be just for "whites". But it still seems to be acceptable for Church's to be for "blacks". At least that is the perception that some churches are for "blacks".

Of course it is very unlikely Jesus had blond hair or blue eyes or even that his skin was all that 'white' when he walked this earth.

Since Jesus was sent from God to all men, it seems appropriate to me that he be represented in art as any race or color.
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Answer 11

Color makes no difference at all. Any Christian can worship God in any Christian Church.><>