Chicago church ‘fasting from whiteness’ during Lent by ditching hymns written by White people

A church in suburban Chicago has advised parishioners it would abstain from performing any music that’s related to White folks through the season of Lent. 

“In our worship companies all through Lent, we is not going to be utilizing any music or liturgy written or composed by white folks,” the web site for the First United Church of Oak Park reads. “Our music shall be drawn from the African American spirituals custom, from South African freedom songs, from Native American traditions, and lots of, many extra.”

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The assertion continues, “For Lent, it’s our prayer that in our religious disciplines we could develop as Christians, united within the physique of Christ with folks of all ages, nations, races, and origins.”

In keeping with a report from Turning Level USA, the church additionally erected an indication selling the racially-charged Lenten quick saying that it could be internet hosting worship companies “across the voices of Black folks, indigenous folks, and folks of colour.”

First United Church of Oak Park
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Each the church workplace and head pastor John Edgerton, who’s a White male, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Fox Information Digital. 

The church can also be reportedly selling reflections that it calls “evotionals” which have supported the thought of “fasting from whiteness.”

Sanctuary of a small church with pews and pulpit
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Within the part of the church web site that explains its “values,” the church claims that its members help a covenant of working towards “inclusion” by “valuing folks of all races, ethnicities, cultural identities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and talents in each side of our congregational life.”

The church which is reportedly “fasting from whiteness” additionally describes itself as an “open and inclusive Christian Neighborhood.”