{"id":219,"date":"2021-03-04T20:17:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T20:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/?p=219"},"modified":"2021-03-08T17:50:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T17:50:51","slug":"how-adventists-and-race-intersected-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generational-divide.jour342.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/04\/how-adventists-and-race-intersected-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"How Adventists and Race Intersected in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Zach Roberts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September of 2020, an Adventist church in Wisconsin made headlines. Not for a sign on the wall written in blood like in Daniel, but a sign on the lawn of the church written in black and red block letters. \u201cBlack Lives Matter,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The words were accompanied by a Scripture reference, Jeremiah 22:3 that says, \u201cThis is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naturally, this church and its sign made heads turn, both on the road and across the Internet. The Seventh-day Adventist church is among the fastest growing denominations with 21.4 million members worldwide, and many members expressed strong views about the church sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a0According to an article written for the NAD (North American Division of Adventists), Stephen Hall, the pastor of the church, received lots of differing opinions, especially concern and disagreement.\u00a0 Hall believes “Black Lives Matter” to be a biblical truth. Both things, posting Black Lives Matter and then calling it a biblical truth have heavy ramifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black Lives Matter seems to be quite a divisive topic these days. People in secular society are extremely divided over this issue, and those within the church are no different.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s my goal, through research, interviews and other methods, to find out just how big the chasm is on racial issues in the church. I\u2019ll also be looking at the history of the church and its dealings with racial issues and racial justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did  church members react to the Martin Luther King, Jr.-led Civil Rights movement? What about segregation? Slavery? The list goes on, and I\u2019m planning to answer all those questions and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Zach Roberts In September of 2020, an Adventist church in Wisconsin made headlines. Not for a sign on the wall written in blood like in Daniel, but a sign on the lawn of the church written in black and red block letters. \u201cBlack Lives Matter,\u201d it read. The words were accompanied by a Scripture … <\/p>\n

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