Bishop Neavelle Coles, New Bethel Church of God in Christ

Bishop Neavelle Coles, from New Bethel Church of God in Christ, brought a message from Church of God in Christ Bishop George McKinney:

The Church of God in Christ stands firmly on Biblical truth and common sense in standing for the sanctity of marriage.

What God has joined let no man put asunder!  We defend marriage because it is good and it was established by God who is all good!

Same-sex marriage is not a civil right; it is a civil wrong.  . . . speaking truth to power is something the African American church has a lot of experience with. . . . Justice is grounded in truth, because no lie can live forever. Because truth crushed to earth will rise again.

Because “Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne,—  Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown,  Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.” . . .

We, the Church of God in Christ, approximately 6 million strong, stand behind President Brian Brown. We are praying for you. You’re in our thoughts; you’re in our prayers. May God bless you and strengthen you is our prayer.