Bigs Quote by Michael Emerson

What happens is sometimes these congregations will still have the white style of worship, even though they're mixed, because folks are willing to give…

— Michael Emerson

I think whites are used to being in power, so when whites think we ought to have integrated churches they think, "People ought to…

— Michael Emerson

We're going to see more, and we are seeing more, and I'll tell you exactly why. Not because white and black are more likely…

— Michael Emerson

Every pastor I talk to says, and particularly if they're African American they'll say, "I'm not black enough for African Americans. I'm not white…

— Michael Emerson

The false black preacher is only too happy to reinforce the idea of the white man as scapegoat. His sermons make the congregation angrier…

— Jesse Lee Peterson

It's one of the things we find in these congregations is that they are much more likely to be sort of up-beat worship styles,…

— Michael Emerson

What's happening is that Asian and Latino and other groups without that history are more likely to end up in either black churches or…

— Michael Emerson

Once in a while you get people that maybe because of economic reasons, or have a social network, they get attracted. But it's a…

— Michael Emerson

I mean, so if I've talked to whites in City of Refuge, sometimes they'll wonder, "Why do we do things a certain way, and…

— Michael Emerson

Negroes' problem is that they do not have their egos. That's why our churches end up having a white service, because our preacher is…

— Jesse Jackson

Preaching styles and people being slain in the spirit and things like that. Now it doesn't happen in all black churches, and it happens…

— Michael Emerson

I certainly think so, and I argue so, and I give talks on that. Are there risks by putting people together? Absolutely. Is there…

— Michael Emerson