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Originally Posted by AmazingGrace
I want to ask the question why is it not right to have a church based upon a nationality? We have many of them in our church... we have a Korean church, we have a Spanish church, we have a Indian church and we have a African church and they are also welcomed at all of our regular services but we have chosen to have church for them also on their own because... if we had an interpreter for every nationality we had it would just not work and the demographics of where we are located just make this the right solution... (also has something to do with the fact that we couldnt fit another 500 or so in our sanctuary on a sunday service right now either...
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you are reading "language" into "nationality"
IF everyone speaks English, it is not ok to have an English speaking church that is only for, say, white people, or latino people where other nationalities are not welcome (whether overtly or covertly)
HOWEVER, if the church does everything in, say, Spanish, then those who don't speak spanish are unlikely to go there, but that's ok...
It is not ok to bar people from going to your church, or only aim your church, at people of a certain nationality, that would be racism... But if it is based upon language barriers it is not racism...
does that make sense?