An interview with local pastor and professor Michael Higgins Back in August, I hosted a series of guest posts about racial reconciliation within the church. As it happened, in the initial week of that series, Michael Brown—an unarmed African-American teenager—was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. In the weeks and now months that followed, protesters have gathered regularly in Ferguson. The protests center around one tragic incident, but they also shine a light upon some of the ongoing struggles our nation faces when it comes to race relationships more generally. In the midst of these struggles stands the church, a communion of Christians who all profess faith in Jesus Christ, in whom there is “neither Jew nor Greek, male nor female” and, we might add, neither black nor white. And yet our Sunday morning worship services, our neighborhoods and schools, still bear the marks of communities that have been shaped by race and culture more than by a common faith. I interviewed Michael Higgins, Dean of Students at Covenant Seminary and co-Pastor of South City Church in Shaw, Missouri, not far from Ferguson, Missouri, in order to learn a little bit more about the ongoing situation in Ferguson and how the church can continue to respond. Recent reports have indicated that Michael Brown may have been struggling with the officer who shot him rather than in a position of surrender when he was killed. What effect do you think this information should have on the protesters in Ferguson? I truly believe that the possibility that Michael Brown may have been in a struggle with Officer Wilson has occurred to many protestors. I guess a many in America would think that this information would mean that the protests would cease. However, I think that these ... Continue reading... #Tokyo #Japan #News
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:08:34 +0000
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