(ChurchLeaders) Emmanuel Acho wants to know: Why is the white American church largely absent from the fight against racism? This is a question the former NFL player explored with Hillsong East Coast pastor Carl Lentz in Episode 7 of Acho’s series, “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man.”
“If change is truly going to start, it has to start in houses of worship,” said Acho. “It has to start with people of faith. It has to start with white people, black people, having an uncomfortable confrontation filled with compassion.” But the fact is, “Every Sunday morning in houses of worship, America is about as segregated as it ever can be.” Acho asked Lentz, “Why is that?”