Poll: Fewer Pastors Willing to Preach on ‘Racial Reconciliation than 4 Years Ago
(Lifeway Research) Pastors seem more reluctant to address issues of race in their congregations today than four years ago.
According to a LifeWay Research study, 74% of pastors agree their congregation would welcome a sermon on racial reconciliation, with 32% strongly agreeing. In 2016, however, 90% of pastors believed their congregation would be open to a sermon on the topic, with 57% strongly agreeing.
Today, 17% of pastors say their church would not want to hear about racial reconciliation, up from 7% in 2016.
“While most pastors’ teaching is not limited to things their congregation wants to hear, it is helpful to know the reaction pastors anticipate from their congregation,” said Scott McConnell, executive director of LifeWay Research. “Instead of a majority strongly agreeing, now only a third of pastors have no hesitation that their congregation would welcome a sermon on racial reconciliation.”
African American pastors (93%) are more likely than white pastors (73%) or pastors of other ethnicities (74%) to say their church would be…
To continue reading, click here
Editor’s Note. This article was written by Aaron Earls and published at Lifeway Research. Title changed by Protestia
About Author
Well, good thing for everyone, there is no need to “preach on racial reconciliation”. All they have to do is “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” 2 Tim. 4:2
But I suppose it’s hard to preach the Word when you’ve been on a steady diet of pretty much every “Christian” book other than the Word of God since you graduated seminary.
“Sirs, we would see Jesus!”
Oh by the way, true reconciliation only occurs when we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, “Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.” Colossians 3:11
Why would 74% want to hear a bunch of blah blah about how they are racists? Something is wrong with the church.