What the early church teaches about racial harmony

David Shepherd  |  Comment
Date posted:  1 Jul 2021
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What the early church teaches about racial harmony

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Recently, I have been reading Acts chapter 6 in an effort to understand how the early church overcame ethnic tensions which would so easily have fractured our modern-day multi-ethnic communities.

The apostles’ approach, as described below, can still impart important wisdom which can inform modern methods of dealing with and dissipating racial tension.

Firstly, in Luke’s summary of the grievance brought to the apostles by Grecian Jews, what’s striking is the conspicuous absence of a perpetrator.

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