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Taranaki Multi Ethnic Council Presents

SPRING FIESTA 2019

Tickets are $25 per person (no children)

There will be two floor shows, music, and supper!

Contact Lance on (027) 3801335 if you wish to purchase tickets.

Last night, I had the privilege of delivering a short lecture to the Chattanooga-Hamilton County BM&E Distriction Association’s Unity Week & Congress of Christian Education.

It was a true joy to see many of our Gathering church members sitting amongst and worshiping with some wonderful Christian brothers and sisters of the African American community. Our Gathering Worship Team also had the…

Fighting Racism with the Gospel

All of us who know and follow the risen Christ have a call upon us to fight evil and expose evil. There are dozens of Scriptures that could be brought to bear on that first sentence but I am not going to list them all here (I don’t have time at the moment). The other reason is that I don’t want to get into a “proof-text” battle with someone who wants to quibble over one or two verses in the…

As a Black man in today's world, things can get pretty hopeless. However today I was listening to one of my favorite podcast Code Switch (highly recommended) and they were talking about a letter to immigrant parents about their anti-blackness. I have enough first generation friends to know that talking to immigrant parents about black struggles is no easy task. I am just glad somebody had the courage to write this up. Not only that but also get it translated into more than 30 different languages. Seeing how so many people of different ethnic backgrounds can come together and support the cause we blacks are fighting for is fascinating. These people didn’t get paid for this, it was all through their own devotion. I want to say thank you to all put their foots forward. It's so rare to see people turn out for black causes like this.