There have been various defining moments in ministry for me. Here is one of the more important ones. It changed a lot in the way I minister. Even today, it influences this blog. A Black Church was constituted in my Church, and I was appointed as its first Consulent Minister. They named the Church after me. One Sunday, for the first time, we had our Black sister Church over for a joint service with my White congregation -- in the days of apartheid. As they all climbed out of a chartered bus, a Church member came to me and said: "I don't know how to relate to Black people. What do I do? What do I say?"
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