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Atcheson suggests several things churches can do to address economic inequality in their communities and in the country. He says that pastors should advocate for and support striking workers from the pulpit and that churches can contribute to strike funds. He also notes that some churches have devoted resources toto address and highlight the structural inequality of America's health care system.
He also suggests that white churches need to recognize Christianity's complicity in providing justification for policies like native genocide and slavery. The church, he argues, should be at the forefront of the reparations movement. Any white congregation that has enough money to run a successful capital campaign should also set aside money to provide reparations to black or indigenous communities, Atcheson says in his book.
Under our current conditions, such ambitions are admittedly much harder to achieve. Without services, and with congregants suddenly without jobs,. That's in part why some pastors have been reluctant to close down services. Conservative pastors have been especially lax in this regard, with partisan politics coloring what should be an apolitical public health crisis.
"That's something that Jesus teaches about, too," Atcheson told me."When Jesus talks about himself as the Good Shepherd, the Good Shepherd cares for the sheep and watches out for the sheep. And pastors are going to have to decide what kind of shepherd they are. Because I think to model Jesus in this case is to care for the lives of the people. But some pastors seem not to care whether their congregation lives or dies.
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