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APRIL 30, 2015
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T.D. Jakes Tackles Racism, Discusses Solutions To Heal The Divide

Article By Erica Nickels/ Photo Credit: TD Jakes Ministires

How can the church help ease racial tensions gripping America today?

Bishop T.D. Jakes and other Christian leaders gathered at the Orange County Convention Center for “The
Reconciled Church Summit” Wednesday to discuss solutions.

The Orlando, Florida event convened at a time when America is grappling with racism and injustice.

Presently, the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray who sustained a fatal spinal injury while in police
custody has heightened racial tensions.

“We did not formulate this event to event to cast blame or to make anyone feel guilty or to say who is at
fault or to race bait or to bicker or to complain,” said Jakes, 57.

According to the pastor of The Potter’s House in Dallas, leaders are coming together to stop America from
continuing on a course leading to an inevitable racial implosion.

"I compare it to a plane that is about ready to go down in flames," said Jakes, who is also one of the
founding members of The Reconciled Church. "If we don't pull up now, and fast, we're going to crash and
burn."

With the recent killings of unarmed African-Americans at the hands of police like Michael Brown in
Ferguson, Eric Garner in Staten Island and Freddie Gray in Baltimore, America is being ripped apart by
anger and bigotry.

“I think the church can be at ground level zero in healing the divide that exists in the city as it confronts
its own issues,” he said.

Also speaking at the event was Benjamin Crump, Trayvon Martin’s family attorney.

“What we are seeing is a disconnect between the leadership in cities and the communities that they
serve," Crump explained, according to Charisma News. "What we have to do, all of us, have to play our
role in it.”

The event will continue through Saturday.