Ephesians 2-14
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April 1, 2010
The Face of Race
Ephesians 2-14
EARS TO HEAR is the radio ministry of FAMILIES. BY GOD. For EARS TO HEAR, here’s Tim Glisson.
Race is a huge issue in the Child Welfare System causing bitterness and resentment.
In most big cities you can walk into family court and find plenty of white faces among the judges and the lawyers – but almost none among the families being judged.
Black Americans make up only 12 percent of the U. S. population, but close to 40 percent of our Child Welfare System.
And despite thousands of black children needing to be adopted, very few black advocates favor transracial adoption – or, parents who adopt from a different race.
It would be easy to suggest that with all the kids needing homes in our country that these issues should take a backseat to the more important issues of safety and permanency.
But the two sides are not exclusive. When God instructs us to care for the fatherless He’s telling us not only to visit and adopt them, but to inspect their lives and the issues that affect them as well.
The issue of race within Child Welfare needs our inspection. As Christians we know we are a body and disparity in a body should not be so. The apostle Paul informs us in Ephesians 2 that “Christ has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, through the cross”.
Race is a barrier, Christ has destroyed it, it’s written in His word so you know it’s true: it’s up to us to act like it.
If you have EARS TO HEAR the cry of the child please visit our website at FAMILIESBYGOD.org. For EARS TO HEAR, I’m Tim Glisson.
