Imagine that you are part of a small church. Imagine that your small church is racially and culturally diverse.

Some people in the church have ancestral roots in the land where you live and the others come from foreign lands.

Some speak one language and the others speak another.

Some come from the dominant religious background and the others come from another.

One group has historically had the upper hand of privilege. The other has historically been looked down upon and denied basic human rights.

I’m talking about the earliest church. It’s their story as much as it is ours.

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