{"id":488,"date":"2023-08-17T01:45:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T01:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?page_id=488"},"modified":"2023-09-08T00:01:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T00:01:31","slug":"multi-ethnicity-at-chbc-the-perspectives-of-insiders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?page_id=488","title":{"rendered":"Multi-ethnicity at CHBC:  The perspectives of insiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h3>Multi-ethnicity at CHBC: The perspectives of insiders<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p><strong><em>In the following news stories and blog posts, long-term insiders at Chapel Hill Bible Church including elders, staff, \u00a0ministry leaders, ministry volunteers, and other congregants have shared their experiences as persons of color or as family members of persons of color.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>March 4, 2022<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Wartburg Watch (blog)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thewartburgwatch.com\/2022\/03\/04\/the-convicting-letters-of-resignations-from-the-four-elders-of-chapel-hill-bible-church\/\"><em>The Convicting Letters of Resignation from Four Elders of Chapel Hill Bible Church<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Primary source documents: elder resignation letters<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 2, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Wartburg Watch (blog)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thewartburgwatch.com\/2022\/03\/02\/chapel-hill-bible-church-will-not-release-the-entire-g-r-a-c-e-report-to-the-membership-in-order-to-protect-the-staff-and-then-theres-the-racism-thing\/\"><em>Chapel Hill Bible Church Will Not Release the Entire G.R.A.C.E Report to the Membership in Order to Protect the Staff. Then, There\u2019s the Racism Thing\u2026<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Primary source: video of elder chair\u2019s comments (comments related to ethnic diversity start at 4:15 minute mark)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nov. 29, 2022<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Daily Tar Heel:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytarheel.com\/article\/2022\/11\/city-chapel-hill-bible-church-abuse-allegations\"><em>Chapel Hill Bible Church leaders face allegations, investigations over abusive behavior<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Includes links to primary source documents that include issues related to being a multi-ethnic church: \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The elders\u2019 summary of the G.R.A.C.E. Executive Summary (See p. 13-14) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The report from Leighton Ford Ministries (See p. 4 and p.19)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0April 4, 2023<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Religion News Service\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2023\/04\/04\/this-nc-church-used-to-be-multiracial-then-came-jan-6\/\"><em>This North Carolina church used to be multiracial. Then came Jan. 6.<\/em><\/a><em><u>\u00a0 <\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Poignant personal experiences of former members at Chapel Hill Bible Church ( both before and after January 6<sup>th<\/sup>). This is the same article as The Washington Post article below. No paywall.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>April 7, 2023<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Washington Post\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2023\/04\/07\/multiracial-church-january-6\/\"><em>This North Carolina church used to be multiracial. Then came Jan. 6.<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multi-ethnicity at CHBC: The perspectives&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":116,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-488","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1553,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488\/revisions\/1553"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}