Christian Leaders on The White Supremacists March

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The United States of America has had a rough couple of days. Things she would rather not think about and all together deny marched through the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday the 12th of August.

White supremacist are as the name suggest those who believe in the superiority of the Caucasian over other races. It's political implications are that since White is better, White should rule a la slave trade and black subjugation. In recent history the movement was considered dead or ailing, until it marched hundreds of men strong chanting 'Unite the right.'

Being the light of the world, some Christian leaders have spoken out against this uprising, whilst some have (surprisingly?) kept mum.

Senior Pastor of The Potters House TD Jake's appears not to be living in the same America where this incident took place. He is yet to publicly comment on the issue, but it is expected that when pressed for his opinion it would certainly swing in the way of love.

On the opposite side of the pendulum Christian rapper Andy Mineo is currently engaged in a Twitter discourse on the issue. He is pro-communication as a means of sorting out differences. This is not uncharacteristic as in Psalm 12 we see that words are used by God to solve conflicts. The bigger you are, the less likely you are to solve problems with your fists.

Former label mate to the above and reluctant poster boy for Christian rap- Lecrae has seemingly also been quiet about the issue. This is surprising as the rapper has in recent times been criticized for dabbling into controversial issues in politics. Perhaps he is gathering his thoughts.


Joining Lecrae in silence are preachers Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer. It must be noted here that their silence is not necessarily irresponsibility as scripture teaches the believer to be non-partisan and 'give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar'.

Passion 4 Christ Movement (P4CM) which has single handedly reignited the Spoken Word scene in America, weighed in on the situation with these pictures.

Bizzle owner of the God Over Money record label was very vocal about the situation releasing a video where he raps about not being pretentious about the trends for a false sense of unity.

Famous poet Preston Perry took a similar stand, in light of Trumps alleged mishandling of the situation.

From the foregoing it is clear that words are being championed to restore peace and understanding in America by Christian leaders. However many, the most conspicuous even, have refrained so far from speaking on the issue which begs the question, in the 21st century, where political activities touch on the very soul of humanity, what does and does not belong to Caesar?