Leaders in nation\u2019s largest Protestant denomination are preaching that integrated churches can be a key driver of racial justice in society. But that could be a hard sell to those sitting in Southern Baptist Convention congregations.<\/p>\n
The Rev. Russell Moore, who leads the Southern Baptist\u2019s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, is one of several white leaders calling for multiethnic congregations in the wake of the unrest spurred by the killings of black men by white police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the church, a black Christian and a white Christian are brothers and sisters,\u201d\u009d Moore wrote recently. \u201cWe care what happens to the other, because when one part of the Body hurts, the whole Body hurts. … When we know one another as brothers and sisters, we will start to stand up and speak up for one another.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n