Hi I'm a pastor and I hope I can give you a balanced take on this.

I would say that any time you have a church whose agenda is clearly based on something other than the Gospel of Jesus Christ then you need to leave. There are a number of churches whose expression of the Christian faith I respect, and of course I have my respectful disagreements with a lot of them as well, but that's ok because we believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I don't want to get too theological but even as a conservative Presbyterian I am happy to call my Catholic brothers and sisters co-laborers in the gospel for that reason; most of them anyway.

Having said that, even conservative churches right now are seeing the tenets of Critical Race Theory seep into the church. Most pastors do not understand it; even the Southern Baptist Convention last year passed Resolution 9, which essentially affirmed the validity of CRT as "analytical tools." Paul tells us that "A little leaven leavens the whole lump" (Gal. 5:9). This stuff is in my denomination too, but not in a large part.

I understand why my denomination conducted a study committee on race a few years ago and decided that we as a denomination needed to repent of identifiable sins that have happened since our establishment in the 70's. Even that recently there were churches that just straight up excluded black brothers and sisters. It was wrong then and the guys that were around then recognize that now. But those of us who have tried to throw the flag in saying that such movements as BLM are Marxist front groups were scoffed at, basically because they believe that Marx is our bogeyman... and then the Patrisse Cullors video came out the other day in which she admitted as much.

I believe that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant word of God. So when Paul writes "Think of others as more important than yourselves" (Phil. 2:3) - and he is writing basically to fellow believers, as though to say, those of you in the Christian community should serve one another sacrificially, that means that I need to think of my fellow black brothers and be willing to serve them sacrificially. We can talk at length about what that means in a positive sense. But I know for certain that linking arms with Black Lives Matter does NOT serve anyone, least of all my black brothers and sisters.

Now I am not convinced that there is what most people call "systemic" injustice. I have YET to hear anyone define for me what "systemic" means. I will agree that there has been historic injustice. But I don't know what systemic means. Whatever the case, I would counsel those who want to serve their black brothers and sisters out of Gospel-oriented concern should go find a Missionary Baptist or National Baptist church in the city and talk to the deacons there and see what kind of local service organizations they are linked up to. Use discernment to make sure they're not in the tank with BLM. Or better yet, go down to your local rescue mission and serve food or just talk to some people that are looking for hope. Take time to mentor an at-risk youth. Become a tutor. I didn't want to get too political but we all know that before white libs started destroying statues they decided the destroy the black family first. The statues are just a fig leaf for their generations of failure at "helping" the black community. We can clean up statues but we can also clean up society, at least a litlte bit, by serving some kids who otherwise don't stand a chance.

I do not like the way that most "white evangelical" (I hate that term with a passion) churches are handling what they deem to be "racial reconciliation." It's basically a show to them and they essentially want to do racial reconciliation on their terms. Ministers are at the center of the black community in a phenomenal way. And for the most part they don't like riots and foolishness.

Anyway I hope this helps you. You should find a Gospel-centered, Bible-believing church. If I knew more where you lived I could suggest one since I know what to look for to tell you they're not wacky.

Hi I'm a pastor and I hope I can give you a balanced take on this.

I would say that any time you have a church whose agenda is clearly based on something other than the Gospel of Jesus Christ then you need to leave. There are a number of churches whose expression of the Christian faith I respect, and of course I have my respectful disagreements with a lot of them as well, but that's ok because we believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I don't want to get too theological but even as a conservative Presbyterian I am happy to call my Catholic brothers and sisters co-laborers in the gospel for that reason; most of them anyway.

Having said that, even conservative churches right now are seeing the tenets of Critical Race Theory seep into the church. Most pastors do not understand it; even the Southern Baptist Convention last year passed Resolution 9, which essentially affirmed the validity of CRT as "analytical tools." Paul tells us that "A little leaven leavens the whole lump" (Gal. 5:9). This stuff is in my denomination too, but not in a large part.

I understand why my denomination conducted a study committee on race a few years ago and decided that we as a denomination needed to repent of identifiable sins that have happened since our establishment in the 70's. Even that recently there were churches that just straight up excluded black brothers and sisters. It was wrong then and the guys that were around then recognize that now. But those of us who have tried to throw the flag in saying that such movements as BLM are Marxist front groups were scoffed at, basically because they believe that Marx is our bogeyman... and then the Patrisse Cullors video came out the other day in which she admitted as much.

I believe that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant word of God. So when Paul writes "Think of others as more important than yourselves" (Phil. 2:3) - and he is writing basically to fellow believers, as though to say, those of you in the Christian community should serve one another sacrificially, that means that I need to think of my fellow black brothers and be willing to serve them sacrificially. We can talk at length about what that means in a positive sense. But I know for certain that linking arms with Black Lives Matter does NOT serve anyone, least of all my black brothers and sisters.

Now I am not convinced that there is what most people call "systemic" injustice. I have YET to hear anyone define for me what "systemic" means. I will agree that there has been historic injustice. But I don't know what systemic means. Whatever the case, I would counsel those who want to serve their black brothers and sisters out of Gospel-oriented concern should go find a Missionary Baptist or National Baptist church in the city and talk to the deacons there and see what kind of local service organizations they are linked up to. Use discernment to make sure they're not in the tank with BLM. Or better yet, go down to your local rescue mission and serve food or just talk to some people that are looking for hope. Take time to mentor an at-risk youth. Become a tutor. I didn't want to get too political but we all know that before white libs started destroying statues they decided the destroy the black family first. We can clean up statues but we can also clean up society, at least a litlte bit, by serving some kids who otherwise don't stand a chance.

I do not like the way that most "white evangelical" (I hate that term with a passion) churches are handling what they deem to be "racial reconciliation." It's basically a show to them and they essentially want to do racial reconciliation on their terms. Ministers are at the center of the black community in a phenomenal way. And for the most part they don't like riots and foolishness.

Anyway I hope this helps you. You should find a Gospel-centered, Bible-believing church. If I knew more where you lived I could suggest one since I know what to look for to tell you they're not wacky.

Hi I'm a pastor and I hope I can give you a balanced take on this.

I would say that any time you have a church whose agenda is clearly based on something other than the Gospel of Jesus Christ then you need to leave. There are a number of churches whose expression of the Christian faith I respect, and of course I have my respectful disagreements with a lot of them as well, but that's ok because we believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I don't want to get too theological but even as a conservative Presbyterian I am happy to call my Catholic brothers and sisters co-laborers in the gospel for that reason; most of them anyway.

Having said that, even conservative churches right now are seeing the tenets of Critical Race Theory seep into the church. Most pastors do not understand it; even the Southern Baptist Convention last year passed Resolution 9, which essentially affirmed the validity of CRT as "analytical tools." Paul tells us that "A little leaven leavens the whole lump" (Gal. 5:9). This stuff is in my denomination too, but not in a large part.

I understand why my denomination conducted a study committee on race a few years ago and decided that we as a denomination needed to repent of identifiable sins that have happened since our establishment in the 70's. Even that recently there were churches that just straight up excluded black brothers and sisters. It was wrong then and we knew it was wrong. But those of us who have tried to throw the flag in saying that such movements as BLM are Marxist front groups were scoffed at, basically because they believe that Marx is our bogeyman... and then the Patrisse Cullors video came out the other day in which she admitted as much.

I believe that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant word of God. So when Paul writes "Think of others as more important than yourselves" (Phil. 2:3) - and he is writing basically to fellow believers, as though to say, those of you in the Christian community should serve one another sacrificially, that means that I need to think of my fellow black brothers and be willing to serve them sacrificially. We can talk at length about what that means in a positive sense. But I know for certain that linking arms with Black Lives Matter does NOT serve anyone, least of all my black brothers and sisters.

Now I am not convinced that there is what most people call "systemic" injustice. I have YET to hear anyone define for me what "systemic" means. I will agree that there has been historic injustice. But I don't know what systemic means. Whatever the case, I would counsel those who want to serve their black brothers and sisters out of Gospel-oriented concern should go find a Missionary Baptist or National Baptist church in the city and talk to the deacons there and see what kind of local service organizations they are linked up to. Use discernment to make sure they're not in the tank with BLM. Or better yet, go down to your local rescue mission and serve food or just talk to some people that are looking for hope. Take time to mentor an at-risk youth. Become a tutor. I didn't want to get too political but we all know that before white libs started destroying statues they decided the destroy the black family first. We can clean up statues but we can also clean up society, at least a litlte bit, by serving some kids who otherwise don't stand a chance.

I do not like the way that most "white evangelical" (I hate that term with a passion) churches are handling what they deem to be "racial reconciliation." It's basically a show to them and they essentially want to do racial reconciliation on their terms. Ministers are at the center of the black community in a phenomenal way. And for the most part they don't like riots and foolishness.

Anyway I hope this helps you. You should find a Gospel-centered, Bible-believing church. If I knew more where you lived I could suggest one since I know what to look for to tell you they're not wacky.