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  A Time of Healing at Harvard | ||
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God responded powerfully
to prayer at a recent weekend conference held at Harvard U. The
theme was racial healing, and the event was led by Spencer Perkins
and Chris Rice (authors of the IVP® book More Than Equals).
According to Andy Crouch, staff worker at Harvard, there were
about 150 students present in Harvard's Memorial Church on Saturday
night at the closing worship time. An African-American student
who had led the worship asked a Korean-American student to close
in prayer. This student, who has emerged as a significant leader
of prayer in the college (and who was completely unprepared),
prayed a powerful prayer of repentance, and then said, "I
think we need a time of open confession." He proceeded to
go first, confessing some of his sin toward leaders of some of
the campus ministries (including HRCF, the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian
Fellowship). Then he left the microphone.
"In the ensuing one and a half hours, there was an outpouring of very personal, very public confession of a sort I have rarely seen," says Andy. "Almost all of it dealt with race and racism. White students confessed their passive and active racism; non-white students confessed their bitterness and offered forgiveness; many confessed distrust or prejudice toward others involved in different campus ministries. The presence of the Lord was tangible and unmistakable." Toward the end of the evening, the focus shifted toward praise and intercession for God's ongoing work in the Christian community at Harvard. At least one person, deeply affected by Saturday night's worship and confession, became a Christian that very night. "It was a remarkable, tear-filled, joy-filled experience that no one there will soon forget," adds Andy. |
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . From e-mail correspondence with Andy Crouch. Talk to us! Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this article for educational purposes provided this permission notice, and the copyright notice below are preserved on all copies. Not to be reprinted in any other publication without permission. © 1997 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship of the USA. All rights reserved. Questions about the website? Contact  Member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students
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