Comment: This article is exactly on point when it says the Church must more emphatically declare racism a sin---a mortal sin that defies God's love for all His children. I have said this here many times. I agree, too, that the Church must do more than just talk, although what actions the Church might take to reduce racism and improve race relations--other than participating in protests---is not apparent to me. I'll leave that to experts. But one thing that strikes me as completely wrong --- so wrong that it promises only to make matters worse---is to regard "the young activists of the Black Lives Matter movement" as "the next generation that's going to be leading the church."  Black Lives Matter is itself a racist organization which teaches that there is a "war"---their word---on black people. This so much as accuses whites, in general, not only of racism, but of not even caring whether blacks live or die.  This accusation is itself reckless and racist, and sure to fuel racial hostility.