Gracism

I am so grateful for the gospel. I think I've made the understatement of the year, but I am! The gospel (the good news of Jesus Christ) affects every aspect of our lives: our eternal security, a clean conscience, the empowering presence of God in our lives, and on and on it goes. One of the things we are so grateful for as a church is that the gospel is power for reconciliation between men and women of all different backgrounds, races, and socio-economic standing. The gospel unites the un-uniteable and we really pray that this will be evident in our church: in our meetings, our homes, our parties.... in every aspect of our lives.

I recently came across an interview with David Anderson, the author of Gracism, by Christianity Today. (I love when people interview authors... they typically summarize the book and keep my reading load down.) I found it very helpful for us as a church.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/tc/2007/005/3.41.html

Then I found out that David Anderson spoke at a Newfrontiers church in London! You can here him and others speak on the issue of racism and and building mulit-cultural churches here.

As we transition to a new meeting place and a new meeting time, let's not forget that the gospel is good news to all people. As we live, work and play in a very diverse city, let's continue to ask God for a very diverse church that reflects God's heart for every people group on the earth.