Blacks and Latinos in the UPCI Question.

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Originally Posted by Stephen Hoover

Sorry folks, did not mean to throw a bomb and leave...

Some time ago I did read an article on sexual immorality among black clergy. Perhaps someone can help me ID the piece.

The article was introspective and I believe the study was led by scholars and clergy within the black community. It made the case that immorality was at very high levels and shutting the offenders out of the ministry as many traditional churches have done would leave a giant hole in the "black church" leadership. Consequently many have come to accept this as a part of black culture and restitution to the ministry is nearly always a given - often without any lapse of the office.

I was curious as to where you were going with this. Honestly, I was hoping that it wasn't here...namely that we don't see more Black people in high levels of leadership because we have a greater proclivity towards immorality. I was curious because this was a new spin and I thought I had heard it all. Is this something that you have heard advanced as a reason in relation to this specific thread or something that you read somewhere and juxtaposed on your own. I guess waht I want to know is whether you have heard this reason stated as part of why we don't see Blacks in certain levels of leadership or if you were just trying to fashion your own explanation. I am very curious to know this.
I will not try to beat you up on this because I do not know your intentions but I will say that statements like these are part of the reason that many intellegent Black Apostolics come and leave our ranks. I am aware of immorality in high levels of organizations (UPC included) where it didn't matter whether the person was white or black...only that they were human and sinful.