Lifeway Christian Resources is apologizing for publishing bible school material that “used racial stereotypes that offended many in the Asian American community,” reports Religious News Service.
The group acknowledged that a decade later, the printed Rickshaw Rally material is still a source of hurt for Asian American Christians.
“I am sincerely sorry stereotypes were used in our materials, and I apologize for the pain they caused,” Thom Rainer, president of Lifeway said.
“I’m really moved that LifeWay would go to these lengths to do this,” said Soong-Chan Rah of North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago. “It’s not something they had to do since many people will see it as something that happened so long ago.”
You can read more reaction from Asian American Christians and more of Lifeway’s statement on Religious News Service
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