VIDEO: Brooklyn religious leaders host anti-racism training
More than 20 religious leaders from different races and backgrounds came together at Redeemer St. John’s Lutheran Church to host its first anti-racism training of 2017 last Saturday.
“We believe that our society is more and more divided and we need to talk about tough issues like racism. Racism exists, we cannot deny that … and we need also to talk about institutional racism, yes there is racism in the church,” said Pastor Khader Khalilia of the Dyker Heights-based church. “It’s time for the church to stand up and speak against racism because we cannot be silent any more…”
This Oct. 31 marks 500 years since Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation, considered by Christians as one of the most significant events in human history as it marked the theological, historical, intellectual, economic and political identity of the Western World.