The quote below is from Dr. King's letter, which was written in 1964 as a response to the disingenuous and hypocritical panderings of an array of local clergy who had condemned the civil disobedience of local African Americans.
But the judgment of God is upon the church as never before. If today's church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authenticity, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the twentieth century. Every day I meet young people whose disappointment with the church has turned into outright disgust.
I read Dr. King's letter several years ago, but as I was re-reading it tonight this paragraph jumped all over me. It's as if he saw 40 years into the future. Read the entire letter (please) at the following link:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf
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