Social Justice, Economic and Racial Equality Commission
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.
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Apostle Dr. James I. Clark, Jr., Director | Elder Van Adams, Chief of Staff
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SJEREC RESPONSE TO THE PRESENT DANGER
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We have just experienced, over the past two weeks, what I have been led to call a Jobsian moment. By this statement I’m referring to the murders of two of our black brothers by
The other part of this tragic scenario is that while good police officers
Now our nation is in mourning. We join our brothers and sisters across the nation and, with loud and gut-wrenching lamentations; cry out for justice on all fronts; Justice for our slain black and Latino brothers, and Justice for the officers of the law who were unjustly murdered. We lament and pray for the families who are agonizing over the loss of their loved ones, and we ask our
There is more we must do. Praying is not enough. We must pray and then act as though we believe our prayers are heard and are being answered. Jeremiah the great prophet of the Old Testament charges the people of God to “. . .
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Jeremiah, charged the captives of Babylon to “seek the peace of the city and pray unto the Lord for it”, because their own
First we are to grieve
We exist to fulfill the aspect of the COOLJC Mission to “engage those problems that confront the communities we are called to serve”. Our national community is besieged by the evils of racism, exploitation of the poor, gross inequalities in the areas of education, economics or jobs, and livable wages, affordable housing, a corrupt criminal justice system, and outright hatred of black skinned and brown skinned people as expressed in police brutality. A spirit of lawlessness is raising its ugly head throughout the land. This is occurring at the highest levels of the political and business sections of our country and is even expressed in the disregard for the poor, the aged, and the disadvantaged.
We are calling our leaders: Apostles, Bishops, Presbyters and
Doing justice, therefore is a divine mandate. Jeremiah underscores this in his prophecy against Judah,
Micah joins these two Major Prophets in condemning injustice,
Alas for those who devise wickedness and evil deeds upon
Thus we conclude, if God is against injustice and oppression, we are compelled to be against injustice and oppression too. This was our Lord’s mission as well as he stated so powerfully at the inauguration of his ministry. He took the scroll and at the Synagogue in Nazareth and stated unequivocally, reading Isaiah 61:1;
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed
Our appeal to the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ family is to join us as we work
Apostle Dr. James I. Clark, Jr., Director
Elder Van Adams, Chief of Staff |