racial divisions in Pentecost

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LKNOTT@wellesley.edu wrote:
> 
> I also subscribe to a discussion list run by members of the Apostolic
> Assemblies.  Lately, a hot topic of discussion has been the presence of
> racism and a lack of racial diversity in Pentecostal congregations.  

>From my limited persprective I do not see the racism. I live in an area
that is famous for its racism - the book "Broken Circle" is about the
racism between the anglos and the native americans here. In the church I
attended and the one I am helping form we have no racial separation. We
are 40+% Navajo and they are active in all facets of the ministry. We
have many oneness pentecostal/UPC churches on the reservation with
ordained Navajo ministers. 

I was raised in a racist home and was very racial until I was reborn and
recieved the Holy Ghost. Now I see no racial or class boundaries (in
fact this is one of the realities that others first noticed in me
afterwards)

I am not blind to the rasicm issue I know it exists, but I thank God
that the brethren of the church I attend are not into that nastiness.

Lord Bless,
Bro Bill Clifton