Hymn Singing at Westboro Baptist Church

Recorded by the Empathy and the Religious "Enemy" team, Summer 2022.

Copyright: Hillel Gray. No commercial use. No distribution or circulation without written permission by Hillel Gray.

[CUZ_]

Years ago I walked up and talked to them. They were somewhat guarded but acted friendly enough answering all questions I had posed to them.

[monicapyle]

Is this a church service or just choir practice? I don't see the ladies wearing head coverings

[christopherlucas]

Question:... was this a Bible study or a service? I noticed the women's heads aren't covered here.

[Yallquietendown]

It would sound great if they had the organ playing too.

[connorgarbett]

How many of Shirley’s children have left now?

[Bigjudge]

y'all better sing!! y'all better sing up in that church.

[pacmancdi]

Where are all the signs around the pulpit? When did they take them down? Looks a lot different than I remember from the BBC documentary

[ButebiBaptistchurchandorphanag]

God bless you all members of the church

[joshamaya]

If they are baptists, i wonder why they have TULIP plastered on the front wall for all to see?

[SimpleMinded]

In the New Testament, Paul demands active unity in the church, a unity that explicitly joins together differing ethnic groups because of their common identity in Christ. Paul proclaims that, in Christ, believers form a brand-new humanity. The old barrier of hostility and division between ethnic groups has been demolished by the cross; and now, all peoples are to be one in Christ (Rom. 4; Gal. 3–4; Col. 3; Eph. 2).

Christians of other ethnicities aren’t just equal to us; they are joined to us.

Paul insists that the primary identity of Christians is to be based on their union with Christ—not on traditional sociological, geographical, and ethnic connections. Again, the implications are profound. Christians of other races aren’t just equal to us; they are joined to us. As Christians, we’re all part of the same body, united by the presence of the same Holy Spirit who indwells us all. We’re not just friends or fellow worshipers in the same religion, but brothers and sisters in the same family.


John gives us a glimpse of the people of God at the consummation of history, describing them as people from every tribe and language and people and nation (Rev. 5:9; 7:9; 10:11; 11:9; 13:7; 14:6; 17:15). This fourfold formula of tribe, language, people, and nation stresses the ethnic diversity of the people of God who will worship around the throne. It’s a picture of the climactic kingdom of Christ, and, as such, provides a model for us to strive toward. John clearly sees the kingdom of Christ as a multi-ethnic congregation. We must make this a reality because THIS is our destiny. Our cultures and labels we give ourselves will no longer matter in the world to come. The old earth will pass away.

Favortism among people is a SIN and likned to the law breakers of old.

Favoritism, according to Merriam-Webster, is “the unfair practice of treating some people better than others.” The Greek word translated favoritism in James 2 literally means to “receive according to the face.” In other words, to show favoritism is to make judgments about people on the basis of their outward appearance. Here are three reasons why showing favoritism is prohibited in Scripture:

1. Favoritism is inconsistent with God’s character.
Impartiality is an attribute of God. He is absolutely and totally impartial in dealing with people.

“For the Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God, showing no partiality and taking no bribe” (Deut. 10:17).

“For there is no favoritism with God” (Rom. 2:11).

“There is no favoritism with him (Eph. 6:9).

“Now I truly understand that God doesn’t show favoritism” (Acts 10:34).

Showing favoritism is inconsistent with God’s character, antithetical to the gospel, and therefore incompatible with “faith in our glorious Jesus Christ” (Jas. 2:1).
2. Favoritism is contrary to God’s values.
James addressed a situation in which believers gave preferential treatment to the rich (2:2-3). What would motivate this kind of behavior? Is it not because these believers valued the rich more than they valued the poor? They would rather have the rich attend their church than the poor, and their treatment of the rich and of the poor reflected their values.
James reminded his readers that their values were not God’s values: “Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? Yet you have dishonored the poor” (2:5-6). They were acting in a way that was contrary to God’s values.
In a message on the evil of favoritism in the church, John MacArthur said: “We tend to put everyone in some kind of stratified category, higher or lower than other people. It has to do with their looks. It has to do with their wardrobe. It has to do with the kind of car they drive, the kind of house they live in; sometimes it has to do with their race, sometimes with their social status, sometimes outward characteristics of personality. All of those things with God are non-issues. They are of no significance at all. They mean absolutely nothing to Him.” (gty.org)
3. Favoritism is sin.
James makes clear that favoritism is not simply disrespectful of people; it is sin against God. “If … you show favoritism, you commit sin” (Jas. 2:9). It is sin because it is contrary to the character and command of God. Because favoritism is sin, there is no place for it in the hearts of God’s people, and certainly no place for it in the church.

Lets end seperation of all Christians based on worldly beliefs now and lets become closer in christ our sweet lord. Also, lets CRUSH the caste system bestowed on you from a bygone wicked era. The segregation and racism of Americas past must be destroyed NOW

My culture is Christ

My heritage is Christ

My people are those in Christ

[Caseyy]

Where is the screams of agony and pain i want to hear from them

[Sam-dcbg]

It really is a tragedy because such a small group's cry for attention caused so much damage to other people and damaged the religion as a whole.