Between 4 Worlds

Anthony Bradley on being patient with black evangelicals who have to negotiate between 4 worlds.  I had no idea it could be so complex and I appreciate hearing his story.  It is interesting what I learn by just stop and listen to others and their perspective.  Here is Bradley in his own words…

The truth is, black evangelicals have the difficult burden of having to navigate between four worlds: the several hundred-year-old, well established black church universe; the evangelical church subculture; mainstream black culture; and mainstream Anglo-oriented American culture.  But for black Christians, navigating between these four worlds can be time-consuming and challenging. Even thinking about all this makes me tired. In the end, I am making a public plea for patience and grace for blacks coming into evangelical circles, because what many evangelicals consider standard and normal for all Christians simply is not. Black Christians should not be shamed because they were raised in a world, a very different one than the evangelical mainstream, and have to spend time navigating between four worlds concurrently. At times, it’s simply exhausting.

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