What makes this video of high value is that it is between an Asian American and and African American. This gives good insights into the care that we all must take to root out racism in our churches and country. Pastor Kim Kira of Lighthouse Community Church talked with Pastor Bobby Scott from Community of Faith Bible Church. During the interview, they talked about Pastor Bobby’s testimony and life story, racial injustice in the United States, and how Christians can respond to recent events with grace and truth. Learn from Pastor Bobby’s biblical, thoughtful, compassionate responses to all of these things. As Lighthouse leaders said, “we pray that you would benefit from the conversation as much as we did.”

Questions and Time Code

  • 0:18 – “Can you share a brief testimony of how you came to faith and what’s going on with your church?
  • 5:14 – “What do you mean when you say most African American men have ‘stories?’ Can you share your ‘stories?’”
  • 15:41 – “Have you had to have conversations with your kids about how to interact with the police to stay safe as African Americans?”
  • 19:23 – “How did you respond when you saw the George Floyd video?”
  • 21:00 – “How do you think your church is is feeling right now?”
  • 21:24 – “How do we know if these situations are really race-related?”
  • 25:50 – “Why isn’t it surprising that we are still struggling with racism, even after the end of slavery and Jim Crow laws?”
  • 28:47 – “How would you help us to more particularly apply the Gospel to this issue?”
  • 35:00 – “How do we start by examining our own hearts?”
  • 36:53 – “How should we be processing what’s going on? Particularly as a largely Asian-American church?”
  • 43:02 – “How would you encourage Christians to think the # BlackLivesMatter movement?”
  • 46:29 – “What about the riots and looting?”
  • 52:00 – “How can we speak, and how can we speak in wisdom, especially if we’re afraid of saying the wrong thing? How does this apply to social media?”
  • 1:02:35 – “How can we love our neighbor? How can we encourage the African-American church?”
  • 1:05:35 – “What are two or three resources you’d recommend as starting points?”
  • 1:06:32 – “How should we shepherd our kids about this issue?”
  • 1:09:14 – “How can we be praying for you and your church?”

Literature

  • Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.
  • The Narrative and the Life of Fredrick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
  • The Problem of Slavery in Christian America by Joel McDurmon
  • From Slavery to Freedom: a History of African Americans by John Hope Franklin

Children’s Books

  • Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor

Movies

  • Something the Lord Made
  • Selma
  • Just Mercy