Post by Kandi Eastman in H-Town on May 24, 2010 at 11:45 am //
A Sugar Land man wants to know if he’s “too white to be your pastor.”
That’s the question Pastor Patrick Kelley of River Pointe Community Church in Fort Bend County is asking in a bold new ad campaign.
“This is out there,” said Kelley. “I was nervous.”
Kelley said he wants to diversify what he calls the most segregated hour of the week: Sunday morning church services. He said, right now, 65 percent of the members of his church, located in the 5000 block of Ransom Road, are white.
“Our goal is that we reflect our community, which is the most diverse county in the state, and one of the most diverse in the country,” he said.
Earlier this week, he began walking the circle at the Sugar Land Town Square, carrying a sign that reads: “Am I too white to be your pastor?” And he wants people to answer.
“Being a white pastor, we just said we’ve got to get out there and hold up a sign that says all are welcome here. The sign was a bit unusual,” said Kelley.
So far he said the feedback has been good, but no one has answered ‘yes’ to his question.
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