{"id":69885,"date":"2018-04-04T13:58:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T17:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=69885"},"modified":"2018-04-05T07:23:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T11:23:00","slug":"yahoo-news-honoring-martin-luther-king-jr-evangelicals-weigh-their-response-to-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=69885","title":{"rendered":"(Yahoo News) Honoring Martin Luther King Jr., evangelicals weigh their response to racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., evangelicals gathered in Memphis on Tuesday to assess where their movement stands in relation to King\u2019s mission and ministry. The consensus of the speakers was they were falling short.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is American evangelicalism so white and so middle class?\u201d asked Russell Moore, an evangelical leader who was an outspoken opponent of Donald Trump in 2016. \u201cWhy are we not cultivating the future? Why are we not bearing one another\u2019s burdens?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moore took direct aim at tolerance for racism and systemic injustice within the white evangelical church, and said that the failure of the white American church when it comes to healing and rectifying the ills of racism have caused a \u201ccrisis of faith\u201d for many younger Christians.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/honoring-martin-luther-king-jr-evangelicals-weigh-response-racism-220719815.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Honoring Martin Luther King Jr., <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/evangelicals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#evangelicals<\/a> weigh their response to racism <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DBW8fdHfoH\">https:\/\/t.co\/DBW8fdHfoH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/race?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#race<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/religion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#religion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/racism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#racism<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/history?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#history<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/politics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#politics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/usa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#usa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/theolo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#theolo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KendallHarmon6\/status\/981544857628966912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., evangelicals gathered in Memphis on Tuesday to assess where their movement stands in relation to King\u2019s mission and ministry. 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