Birmingham International Church: Taking a Stand for Racial Reconciliation

ON TODAY'S SHOW, JOHN WILL INTERVIEW PASTOR RON HIGEY AT A C&MA CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. BELOW IS A REPORT FROM A LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTION THE CHURCH HAS MADE TO THE HEALING OF THE RACIAL DIVIDE IN THEIR CITY:

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Reverend Ron Higey, who came to the church in 2004, says the church just wasn't moving forward for some reason. Higey says he wanted to understand the 'sins of the fathers' in order to find what could possibly be holding the church back. 

Back in 2015, the church hired a consultant to look into the church's history. The consultant told Higey the church's original name was the Birmingham Gospel Tabernacle. It was located right across the street from the Greyhound Bus Station. Higey says in the 1950's the pastor of the church took strong a strong stance against corruption in city government.

For some reason during the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, the church gave into a 'spirit of fear'. Higey learned during that time, the church would not allow Dr. Martin Luther King to attend and worship.He also learned that there were some members of the Ku Klux Klan apart of the church congregation. "I don't know how strong it was but if you have armed men greeting Martin Luther King at the door that's not a good sign," said Rev. Higey. Read more . . .

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