#BlackLivesMatter

Losing sight of TRUE LIFE

When #catlivesmatter gets more headway than #blacklivesmatter, I am really angry.

Let’s get this out of the way: Yes… ALL lives matter. Absolutely, positively, every one. But each of us know when there are those neglected and there is a sense of, “Does MY life matter? Is anyone seeing?” That is why, from time to time, we lift up a particular part of society to try andContinue reading “Black lives still matter”

Let’s Get This Done

From my message today: Race divided the Pentecostal church. From the beginning. What was powerful at Azusa Street was ripped away by the racism of America. The Assemblies of God became white. Church of God in Christ became black. The A/G had policies in place through the 1960s and even the 1970s in some places that wouldContinue reading “Let’s Get This Done”

Why I join in the effort to pray this Sunday for #BlackLivesMatter

This Sunday has been a day set aside for prayer. The request has come from two significant places that affect my own ministry: the Church of God in Christ and then the General Council of the Assemblies of God. Together they are asking for churches to pray this Sunday for racial reconciliation and justice. WeContinue reading “Why I join in the effort to pray this Sunday for #BlackLivesMatter”

Statement of Assemblies of God General Superintendent George O. Wood Encouraging Participation with Church of God in Christ in Observing Black Lives Matter Sunday Bishop Charles E. Blake Sr. of the Church of God in Christ has asked COGIC churches to observe Black Lives Matter Sunday this coming Sunday, December 14, 2014. As Bishop Blake’sContinue reading “#BlackLivesMatter”