But we don't look at one another as baggage nor as

men with different labels and colors. We're friends who,

because of our skin color, look at life differently and are looked

at differently, but we're still friends.

We're friends who because of our different

doctrinal backgrounds believe the Bible in slightly different ways,

but we're still friends.

Our friendship, however, is based on the huge

affirmation and conviction that Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the

supreme Lord and all sufficient Savior of the cosmos. Our

friendship has been structured through mutual support,

interaction, relationship, and time. Most of all, we have fun when we

are together.

Where did such a triangle of friendship come from?

It started in worship. Several years ago, clergy from all of

the world gathered at the Georgia Dome for a Promise

Keepers sponsored meeting. There had never been such a large

meeting of this type in all of history (42,000 ministers from

across the Christian spectrum).

From that meeting, ministers all across the country

decided it was high time to break down the walls that

separated brothers and sisters of Christ. As a result, all across

our country, ministers have new, vital friendships that

transcend denomination and race. Chuck, Richard, and I are a few of

the beneficiaries. I am sure we are enjoying our first, and not

last, trip to the Holy Land.

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