interracial marriage (was black church fires)

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At 01:02 PM 7/12/96 +600, you wrote:


I would think that God could handle any resulting 
>conflicts that the children may endure. 
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>K. L. Cabell
>La Salle University
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        I don't mean to butt in, but my husband and I felt like we needed to
comment.  I am white , my husband is black.  We have been married for 13 years
and have 3 children, 2 by birth and one is my husbands nephew .  They are ages
11, 10 and 7.  We live in New Jersey.  
        Before we were married, I heard many people say that the "poor children"
would suffer in an interracial marriage.  I must say this has seldom been the
case.  We teach our children that they are neither black or white, but both.
Just as I am Irish, German, French-Canadian, etc. and my husband is African,
Native American,etc. They accept that.  
        In this area, interracial marriages are not that uncommon.  I
realize that is not true everywhere as we were married in a state south of
the Mason-
Dixon. Interracial marriages are becoming more and more common and to win the
lost, churches will be having to face this more and more.
        Our church is is interracial, but mostly black.  We have been loved and
accepted since the day we first walked in.  I feel my pastor, Bro Calvin Enlow,
is a great example.  He never makes race an issue that divides, but does 
teach us to respect cultural differances.  I feel that is the key.  The whites
in our church don't feel that we have to give up our culture and traditions and
the blacks don't have to give up theirs to please us.
        My children are just children of the church.  They have all received
the 
Holy Ghost and been baptised in Jesus' name.  There is no separation.  We
are all brothers and sisters in Christ. This is a way the Church can show
that we
really believe that there is "neither Jew nor Greek".  Don't get me wrong, I'm
not trying to say everyone should marry outside of his or her race or culture;
just that we should not make an issue of things that the Word does not forbid.
It is the individual's choice of whom to marry or not marry as long as both are 
walking with the Lord.
        Thank you for letting me interject.
Sis Jacquie Southgate 

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