The Gospel: Our True Aim in Racial Reconciliation

Scotty J Williams of Réformateur Créole Noir explains in his post, Our True Aim in Racial Reconciliation,

Out of the many friends God has brought to me, I thank Him greatly for bringing Elijah into my life. Though we are of different races he and I share many of the same passions, and one of them is RR (racial reconciliation) within the church. As we chatted last night we discussed how sold out we are for RR, and with all the humility and discernment I could muster I said that I believe we are. The greatest evidence to me is that in our training for ministry God has brought us under the leadership of pastors of different races and contexts; Elijah has worked under a Black pastor, and I was trained in ministry under a White pastor. After bidding my friend goodnight I recalled my past work in RR, and was saddened. During that time I made the grave mistake of having the wrong aim; my aim at that time was simply RR. But if RR is what I wanted, then how was it the wrong aim? In truth RR is a byproduct of another pursuit, the pursuit of Christ Himself. Often times I have found that many Christians’ pursuit of RR is like this:

Click the link (the title of his article) above to read his conclusion.....