I counting on the Lord; yes, I am counting on him. I have put my hope in his word. I long for the Lord more than sentries long for the dawn, yes, more than sentries long for the dawn.
O Israel, hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is unfailing love and an overflowing supply of salvation. Psalm 130:5-7
The slave trade in the late 1700s involved thousands of Africans, hundreds of ships, and millions ...
DEVOTIONS Diversity By Design So often it seems easier to do things ourselves; we wish we didn't have to deal with so many varying personalities, agendas, and diverse ways of seeing life. Richard Halverson
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There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. …
All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus mailing peace, and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. …
In their study of race and American Christianity, Divided by Faith, Michael Emerson and Christian Smith observed that 90 percent of American churches are 90 percent composed of people of the same race. Brenda Salter McNeil helps churches beat the odds. With her colleagues at Salter McNeil & Associates, she works intensively with congregations and institutions that want to make a successful transition ...
ARTICLE Ethnic Blends? How do you develop a racially diverse leadership team? Are quotas the right recipe? Mark DeYmaz
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In the spring of 2006, I received a call from the local NBC affiliate wanting to feature our church in a segment on people and institutions of faith making a difference in the lives of Arkansans. They wanted to describe the diversity of our church—a story of interest, in part, because we are located only three miles from Little Rock's Central High School where, in 1957, nine black students (the ...
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