I Feel more like an Outcast than a Fellow Christian when Visiting Churches

This pass Sunday I went to a church one of my good friend’s advised me to try as a new resident in my current area. I took his advice because I really wanted to find a church home. So that Sunday I woke up excited to see what this church had to offer. When I walked through the doors of the sanctuary, to my surprise, the church had all Caucasian members! I am a African American individual so you can only imagine how I felt. It seemed as if I was a stranger or a ghost when I should have felt hospitality, I thought.

There was not one person who greeted so I sat at the back of the church until I could find a good time to leave. As soon as the first song started I made my way towards the door but as soon as I made it there the person singing started to pray. I reached for the door and opened it. Who would have knew the door had a loud ringing noise every time it is acted upon. Everyone looked back at me thus led me to get out of there as quick as possible.

Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with worshipping with Caucasians or any other individual of another ethnicity but I think it should be in moderation. When I read the bible I see Jesus, Paul, and the disciples preaching the gospel to people from everywhere. In the book of revelations I read about people of all tribes, nations, and tongues worshipping God in heaven; am I insane to want to see that in churches on this earth? I think not!

I believe our churches in the United States are racially divided for the most part and I think it deserves a fair effort to see that change. It is very easy to attend a church full of people who look just like you but it is more beneficial to have diversity. Why you ask? Getting to know people of other races is hard but it is a known fact that the best things in life are not the things that come easy. On the contrary, the best things in life are those that come through working to achieve that particular goal.