Every week millions of Americans get up on Sunday mornings to go to their favorite churches and hear their favorite preachers. People come from all over just to engage in the services, the music, hear testimonies and gather with family and friends. They feel comfortable around everybody and everybody around them. Every thing is great and most people are happy.
In America today most churches depict everybody being somewhat on the same page whether the same race, economic class, social circles or professional status. Church is the one place where people go to be comfortable, but is this always the right approach or did Jesus try to send another type of message? Dr. Martin Luther King once stated “Sunday was the most segregated day in America.” Why is it that the body of Christ can shop at the same stores, eat at the same restaurants, buy the same cars and work at the same job with people of different backgrounds, cultures, ideas and religions, but will not gather together across the board for Christ’s name sake?
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