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[quote=Anonymous]I’m the person who posted at 12:02 yesterday.

I am actually a member of the church and attend it every Sunday.   I had never attended a church like this before last year and started going back to church, at least in part, because I am seeking something deeper than just the typical left/right political tribalism that you see everywhere else in life.  I am not a MAGA person (I both voted for and donated money to Biden), nor is anyone else I know who attends my small group or other activities I am involved with at MBC.

The original followers of Jesus were a very diverse group — fishermen, a tax collector, a prostitute.   Some were pious and some weren’t so pious.   That was done intentionally by God to bring together people from different walks of life in what would become the new covenant.

Similarly, I have found a true melting pot at MBC — there are people there all over the map politically but also geographically, across all races, nationalities, and backgrounds, and, also, importantly, socioeconomic status.  In the DMV especially, we become cloistered in our groups — the well-off mostly hang out with other well-off people.   I have learned a lot by getting to truly know people from different socioeconomic backgrounds and have a much greater appreciation for what they are struggling with every day.   Likewise, while my employer talks about DEI all the time, and I have no problem with that at all and think it is on the whole a good thing, MBC is much more diverse than where I work.  Two of the main pastors are black and I would estimate that at least 1/3 of the people in attendance every Sunday are people of color.

MBC isn’t every one’s cup of tea, for sure.  I never in a million years thought I would be going to a church like this.    I grew up in a high church tradition and then became a snobby agnostic/atheist for a long time after that.  But I have seen something special there and found an unlikely home.

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