SermonStudio
Breaking Down The Barriers
Sermon
Where Once We Feared Enemies
Inclusive Membership, Prophetic Vision, And The American Church
Every year during Black History Month, Stroupe gives a series of sermons on the struggle of African-Americans for justice and equality from the days of slavery through the Civil Rights Movement. While these sermons tell the stories of particular lives that have burned brightly as witnesses for justice in this struggle, many of the lives lifted up are often unfamiliar to many at Oakhurst, and to Americans in general, white or black. As an integrated congregation, Oakhurst's own story has been significantly marked by both the story of race in America and the biblical story.
