Will This Be the Catalyst to Realign the Divided Church According to God’s Heart? .

Events over the past several months have raised a painful awareness of the continuing existence of racial division and inequality across America. On October 19th Christian television leader Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) will air a special edition of its award-winning ministry and talk show Praise, centered on the critical role of the church in helping to facilitate racial reconciliation in America.

Hosted by the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, the program was taped at The King Center in Atlanta and features two experts on this crucial issue: Dr. Mike Hayes, president of Churches in Covenant and founder of the Center for National Renewal in Washington, D.C.; and Dr. Bernice King, daughter of civil rights pioneer Dr. Martin Luther King and CEO of The King Center, started by her mother, Coretta Scott King, in 1968.

Pastor Rodriguez noted that nearly 50 years after the tragic death of Dr. Martin Luther King, racial inequality and division continue to be systemic across the nation. “Many people assume we fully addressed this issue in the past,” he said. “What is happening? Where are we today? And where is the church?”

Pastor Hayes recalled that over 30 years ago, God gave him a vision for the church in America that would truly resemble the kingdom of God, composed of every ethnicity, race and people group. He said that the goal remains: “We can create an environment in our churches that will cause racial reconciliation and harmony to spread throughout the body of Christ.”