The senior pastor said he expects the church will have an official consecration of the new window in a spring ceremony.
“This is a small step on the way to living as an anti-racist,” he added. “This is a small step toward living our call that God’s house (the church) is open to all. Removing a symbol of hate, slavery and racism is a step.”
Other churches across the country have considered replacing their memorials to Confederate leaders.
The Washington National Cathedral announced in September that its stained-glass windows depicting Lee and Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson will be replaced with work by multimedia artist Kerry James Marshall related to racial justice. The cathedral removed the windows four year ago and the Lee window is currently featured in an exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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