Pastor: Need is Great to Bring Gospel to the Forefront of Native Americans
In a recent talk sponsored by the Christian Reformed Church Office of Race Relations, Mike Peters, director of the local 4 Fires Ministries, said too many people remain unaware of the Native Americans who live in their communities."There is next to no knowledge of native life," said Peters, an ordained non-denominational Christian pastor. "The vast majority of Americans never think about Native American issues. Even today, there are several states that have history books that have no mention of Native American history."
The focus of Peters' ministry is to share the story of native peoples to the wider culture and to bring the gospel to Native Americans.
4 Fires sponsors a Bible study called "Yashana Lodge," the only Native American Christian gathering in a 40-county area in Michigan.
"I try to show native people that the Bible was written by brown, Hebrew people. It is not really [in its origin] a white, European gospel," said Peters.
