(ChurchLeaders) A group of pastors and authors have launched a new church planting network specifically aimed at communities of color. In an interview with ChurchLeaders, founding president Pastor Thabiti Anyabwile explained how the movement’s focus on Black and Brown neighborhoods is biblical as well as missional. Pastor Anyabwile also addressed potential criticism The Crete Collective might face.
“The idea that to focus on neighborhoods like this is to leave behind the gospel and sort of be primarily focused on mercy ministry or social issues” is incorrect, said Pastor Thabiti Anyabwile, who is with Anacostia River Church in Washington, D.C. “That’s a misconception both of what we’re doing and also the Bible.”