On Race and the Church by Tamice Namae

Race in the church remains a poignant problem in the United States. Not only has it maintained division among protestant and evangelicals but among the Catholic community too. In 2017, the Charlottesville Virginia tragedy shook the Catholic monarch when anti-racist protestors were targeted by Nazi and Confederate supporters. Two years after the Charlottesville incident and the alt right demonstration race relations in US churches remain rife.

In fact, several Catholic bishops in Charlottesville banded together to address racial tensions. This turned out to be a good decisions as churches began to awaken to the reality that for believers of color there is apprehension toward leaders in the church missing the real underlying racist beliefs and attitudes that continue to create barriers within the church.

The issue of race and prejudice in the church in the US is certainly related to matters of moral standing and spirituality. The racial divisions that have become so prominent in the churc…