The Flint water crisis first started in 2014 when the drinking water source for the city of Flint, Michigan was changed from Lake Huron and the Detroit River to the cheaper Flint River.
Due to insufficient water treatment, lead leached from the lead water pipes into the drinking water, exposing over 100,000 residents.
In December 2015, Michigan’s water crisis was an international story.
Shiloh Baptist Church in Flint was the first church on the list and I immediately called the Pastor, Rev.
Every month we had truckloads of bottled water delivered to Shiloh Baptist Church who distributed it to their members and their wider community.
One of the pillars of our church is Social Justice.
I believe that we must not only be concerned about what we receive from attending church we must also be concerned with what happens to our brothers and sisters on the outside of our doors.
This year the church is celebrating their 100th Church Anniversary on Sunday, September 30, 2018.
However, we are not the only ones who will travel to Flint as more than 50 of our members our boarding a bus to Flint to share in this wonderful celebration as personally meet our brothers and sisters at Shiloh.
“…as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family you did it to me.” The Reverend Dr. Wayne E. Croft, Sr. Pastor, St. Paul’s Baptist Church West Chester