I believe the stament needs to be removed, sooner rather than later.
Three points:
1. Given the history of the church and race relations, wouldn't it make sense for the chruch to go out of the way to avoid the appearance of lingering racial prejudices?
2. I believe there are many inside the church who equate racial differences with cultural differences. Race does not equal culture.
3. We have a diverse membership in the church. We should be becoming one becasue of our common beliefs rather than segregating along artificial barriers (race, culture, language, country etc).
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