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Sandra is right!
One of the main reasons I left the UPC was because of RACISM. These men in the GA District would say - What in the world are we gonna do with you? From the DS on down - they would say this to me at EVERY function - "What in the world are we gonna do with you"? I would say - "JUST LEAVE ME ALONE and I WILL BUILD A CHURCH"! They just could NOT do it - they had to keep messing with me until I just left!
Some diliked the fact that we built an International Church with more Africans than Americans. They had no idea how to "deal" with it so they brought a white pastor to town to build a "WHITE" Church - which is a pitiful excuse for a church even today and the UPC there (actually 2 of them) has not had their own building in YEARS!
Our International church there owns much property and has over 500 in it and just remodeled and built on!
The Church I now pastor is an International Church with over 70% Internationals from Jamaica, Haiti, Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad, Guyana, Antigua, St. Lucia, Ghana, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Korea, England and other nations. We have about 30% White Americans. We are International ON PURPOSE with flags of the nations around the top border of the church. Our Leadership, Elders, Deacons and Department heads reflect DIVERSITY and will reflect more in days to come. My Administrative Assistant is a Black American with Jamaican parents. We do this on purpose!
If you want an International Church or a church that reflects the community - you must put someone on your platform that is of a different color, race or nationality than you! It is not the easiest thing in the world to do - but you get what you put up on the platform!
Some of you wonder why you attract DINGBATS!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROFL!!!!!!!!!! Been there - Done that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
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