This issue has always been a passion of mine, and it has substantial biblical credibility.

It’s not that racial reconciliation is a good idea, a kingdom idea, or merely a cultural phenomenon noticed by the media, it’s a biblical mandate.

See Ephesians 2 and 3- Jews and Gentiles reconciled is the mystery of the church. The entire book of Revelation witnesses the convergence of “every tribe and tongue” worshipping together. Solomon prays for the foreigner and the Gentile in his prayer that consecrated the temple in 1 ings 8, hoping that the nations would be able to worship the true God together in one space. I could go on and on. Nationalities mixed. Ethnicities mixed. Socio-economic status mixed.

But it should be the priority of every local church to look as much like the community around it as possible. In every community, somebody owns the store and somebody cleans the store. White suburbanization is a myth. The rate of Hispanics and African-Americans that live in suburbs would surprise many a white megachurch…