''And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, 'You lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor'..."
Baptist prophet Will Campbell, a man who is always an uncomfortable guest, was asked to be a visiting preacher for a series at New York's Riverside Church on "What Riverside Church Can Do To Help the Future of Race Relations in America." Here is a church with impressively activist preachers and the right sort of forward thinking congregation.
Campbell took as his text Mark's story of the rich young man. "What can Riverside Church do to help race relations?" he asked at the beginning of his sermon. What can this church do to relate to its next door neighbors in Harlem?" "Nothing," said Campbell. "Nothing...unless you sell your big building and give it to the poor…