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“Then of course there are bigger things that matter, like who do I see up there in the congregation? Do I see myself up there? Well, I don't.”

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Michael Emerson

Michael Emerson is an American film actor born on September 7, 1954. He is known for his outstanding performances in various film and television projects, renowned for his exceptional acting skills and unique character portrayals. more

“I have to conclude, oh, the best people are all somebody other than my own race. So that's difficult. How do we interpret the Bible? Should we stress things like justice and that God is somebody who cares about equality of all people? Or is he a God of love and a God who's there to give me an afterlife?”

People Giving Should Care Difficult Justice My Own Race Give Me Stress Afterlife Who Cares

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“And different traditions stress different - so then there's that. I talked to an African American who says before she goes into an interracial church, she sits in her car and she listens to gospel music to get her fill, and she goes into an interracial church where they don't do gospel music, and she's ready to accept the other sorts of ways of worshipping. So there's that.”

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“There's always the question of time. Does time at 10:00 mean 10:00 sharp? Or does it mean give or take a few minutes? And a few minutes, is that plus or minus two minutes? Or plus or minus ten, or maybe a half an hour each way?”

Way Giving Mean Doe Two Hours Half Minutes Ten Plus Minus

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“So different groups have different definitions, and then they clash on those. So it takes adept leadership to say we're going to work through these.”

Different Groups Definitions Going To Work Clash Adept

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“We studied a mosque, and this is when we were at Notre Dame, and in this mosque they had people from a variety of countries, most of them immigrants. In some of the countries, when you go into a mosque you remove your shoes. To not do so could be punishable even by death in that nation. In other countries, it would be a great offense to remove their shoes when they come into the mosque, a sign of disrespect.”

People Country Would Be Nations Shoes Variety Remove Immigrants Other Countries Offense Disrespect Mosques Dames Notre Dame

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“So there was great clashes when, you know, if you believe you shouldn't remove your shoes and someone's taking their shoes off, how can they do this? That actually was such a big clash in this case that they had to put a curtain down the middle of where they would worship.”

Ifs Knows Believe Bigs Cases Middle Worship Shoes Remove Curtains If You Believe Clash

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“And then they would have the shoe removers on one side, and the non-shoe removers on the other side until they could work through coming to understand why we might both be trying to worship authentically, and because of our cultural background we have these different ideas. But it took a while.”

Trying Ideas Different Might Sides Worship Shoes Backgrounds Different Ideas

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“You find the most in not any particular denomination specifically. It's the style of worship. So if we have what we call a charismatic worship style, that means upbeat music and a more lively style of preaching usually, people are allowed to clap, say "Amen," whether they're mainline Protestant, conservative Protestant, and Catholics, whatever, they're much more likely to be integrated.”

People Ifs Mean Style Particular Worship Catholic Conservative Preaching Lively Integrated Protestants Amen Charismatic Denominations Upbeat

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“There's one denomination in particular, though, that has pushed very hard to be multiracial in its denomination - not only its denomination but, I mean, in its congregations, and it's called the Evangelical Covenant Church, http://www.covchurch.org/ which is headquartered in Chicago. Their whole goal is that's the kind of churches they start, multiracial, and I think they say now 20 percent of their churches are that.”

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