09/04/2026
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A South Carolina pastor is going viral on X after a fiery Sunday sermon left some members of his congregation visibly uncomfortable and sparked a heated debate across social media.
Rev. Brett Martin was preaching about what he described as Christianityās long history of people āputting things in the Bible that arenāt thereā in order to justify their own beliefs or gain power over other people.
Then Martin took the sermon in a direction few in the congregation apparently expected.
āYou know what else aināt in the Bible? White people!ā Martin preached. āWhite folks aināt in the Bible! I know weāve given everybody white names, painted white pictures and made Bible movies with white actors, but aināt none of the folks in the Bible Caucasian.ā
Martin then challenged his predominantly white congregation to examine what he called their āracism meter.ā
āIf you really want to check your racism meter, ask yourself this: Would you have followed Christianity if Jesusāand everybody else in the Bibleāhad been presented to you as non-white from the very beginning?ā
He continued: āAnd ask yourself why, when we know better now, some of you still need that picture of a white Jesus hanging in your church or your house. Maybe somewhere inside, youāre saying, āThe only way I can fully embrace Christianity is if Christianity looks like me.ā Thatās what whitewashing does. It makes you comfortable.ā
Then came the line that sent the clip across social media:
āSome folks wouldnāt even let a person of color be their doctor. I know you wouldnāt let one be your Savior. If Jesus came back today looking like He did back then, how many of you would accept Him? Or would you grab your purse or lock your doors waiting on a blonde haired blue eyes Savior?ā
Martin reportedly went on to clarify that his point was not that white Christians were incapable of sincerely following Jesus, but that Christians should be willing to separate their faith from racial imagery and traditions that were added centuries later.
Clips from the August 2026 sermon quickly spread online, with some viewers praising Martin for confronting race from the pulpit while others, and some who even claimed to be personally connected accused him of unnecessarily injecting race into Christianity and forcefully urging him to quickly delete the post/video they believe is causing division.