Many Madison area pastors met at Fountain of Life Community Church in Madison today, at the invitation of pastor Alex Gee. Afterwards Gee tweeted: “Hosted an INCREDIBLE fellowship lunch with 40+ #LocalClergy to address racial inequality by collaborating & praying.”
The invitation is one follow-up to Gee’s heart-baring column in the Capital Times last November entitled “Justified Anger”, to which we responded that Madison churches had their best opportunity to change the city, if they were willing to listen. It looks like the pastors are listening.
Pastor Gee added some additional comments on Facebook after the meeting:
“I hosted a luncheon today with area pastors to discuss our opportunity to address the issues racial injustice in Madison. 42 pastors showed up!!! I shared my heart & asked for their support & prayers. It was our best pastors gathering in 21 years!!! I hope some will partner with our Nehemiah ACE (academic) program for children. I’m very pleased!! I am so grateful for my incredible team!!”
Pastor Gee has invited the Madison community to Fountain of Life church on Saturday afternoon for a Town Hall meeting to continue the discussion of these issues. More details in this article about the town hall. More information in this interview about the issues on Channel 3 and Pastor Gee’s on-camera editorial guest spot
The photo above, courtesy of Pastor Alex Gee’s Twitter feed.