"If there's gonna be an adjective describing me it's not gonna be my race, it's going to be I'm a woman who believes in every single thing that my God has declared to be true. And I will stand firmly on the promises of His Word because I will be girded in truth." -Priscilla Shirer
(Los Angeles, CA)—[Faithwire.com] Priscilla Shirer, star of the 2015 film "War Room" and author of many Christian books, recently spoke at an event where she encouraged Christians to focus on their identity in Christ before they focus on anything else, which for her includes not describing herself as a "black" woman. (Photo: Facebook-Chuck Bernal/via Faithwire)
In a Facebook video shared by Chuck Bernal, the founder and lead pastor of Lifepointe Church, the actress declares, "I do not describe myself as a black woman because that gives too much power to my blackness."
"I don't want my race to be the describing adjective of who I am as a woman. I am not a black woman. I am a Christian woman who happens to be black," Shirer adds.
She encourages all people to look at how they identify themselves, pushing them to question if they identify more with their race, ethnicity or gender over their relationship with God.
"It's the job of your adjective to describe the noun of who you are," she explains. "If there's gonna be an adjective describing me it's not gonna be my race, it's going to be I'm a woman who believes in every single thing that my God has declared to be true. And I will stand firmly on the promises of His Word because I will be girded in truth."
The video of Shirer has been viewed over 5.8 million times and has been shared over a hundred thousand times since it was posted on Sept. 26.
"This is one of the best statements on a Christian perspective regarding RACE and POLITICS that I have ever heard. Priscilla Shirer speaks truth!" Bernal wrote, describing the clip... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here.
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