My husband is a Pastor in Chicago of an African American Church. He is dedicated to preaching all God’s word, which makes him unpopular within some Christians circles here. He refuses to compromise God’s word, and lives what he preaches. We do not have any real friends, but we have the Lord and each other. We have one daughter who is finishing up her last year in college and she is under constant attack by groups of black students, the black community and our black church (verbal and threats of physical harm). She decided to leave church a few years ago and now doesn’t believe in God. Even though we wish she would not have, she is young and I can see why. The meanness of our congregation which we didn’t know just how awful they were to her until after she graduated. Our church congregation is comprised of either nice cowards, bullies and flat out evil people. I would love to leave this church and Chicago, but we are waiting on the Lord’s direction. I ask for prayer for my daughter, that the Lord will protect her from the evil people around her, that she will get a job offer in her field of study, and that she will realize that the Lord has never stopped loving her, and many of these people pretending to Christian, are not. I pray that I can get past the hate that I am starting to feel for these mean people who attack our family, especially our daughter. She is so good at the career that she has chosen and it hurts my heart to see other students who are not even half as talented as her get job offers. Yet, every interview she has they are impressed, but come back and decline her. She was even attacked by at 30 year old black woman on social media who has a large following, for no apparent reason. I believe that these very hateful black people are hacking her and contacting job prospects and saying very untrue and negative things about her. I am concerned for my daughter as she doesn’t deserve this and has worked so hard preparing for a career. We need Jesus’ protection and pray that he will move all these evil people out of our lives. I pray that the Lord will encourage our daughter and soften her heart toward Him. I pray that the Lord will be with me, as I feel myself getting more and more angry at these people. I’ve even completed the conceal and carry application, as I am concerned for my daughter’s safety from the verbal and threats of physical attacks from these black groups of young people. My family needs Jesus as these attacks are been going on now for approximately 3 years. It began when both my family and my husband’s family turn on us. It has been a rough few years, yet we are still very strong in our faith. Pray for my family and spiritual warfare that we have been going through.
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