- [Paul] Miles McPherson,pastor of San Diego's

20,000 Strong Rock Church sees a way

to dig America out of oneof its nastiest problems:

racial division, and you canbe a part of the solution.

This former football star points out

if you're a person of faith,

you already believe in a loving God

who didn't create racial divides.

- There's one race, the human race,

and we're 99.5% genetically identical.

We all wanna have a family,

we all wanna enjoy food and sleep

so we have so much more incommon than we are different.

- [Paul] McPherson suggestedat this Washington conference

of Christian Colleges thatbelievers should start looking at

everyone as their neighbor.

- The greatest commandment isto love God with your heart,

mind and soul and the second is like it.

Love your neighbor as yourself.

If I relabel you somethingless than neighbor,

I don't need to love you as myself.

So I have to start withyou are my neighbor.

- [Paul] Then search out people not in

your race, culture or groups.

- I would challengepeople to talk to people

who are not like them.

- [Paul] During a simulcastto more than 300 locations

worldwide, McPherson's church used a skit

to show people how toeasily learn about others

and to see if you offendor appear prejudice.

- [Mike] You can be raciallyoffensive and not be a racist,

but how can I find out aboutmy biases, my blind spots.

- [Paul] The beginning of the skit.

- Stacy, an African American woman said,

hey everybody, I'm Stacy, how y'all doing?

Then Taniqua, an olderwhite lady jumped in,

hello my name is Taniqua.

Stacy was like, Taniqua?

Go ahead, girl.

Then with a big smile,Taniqua flashed a Wakana sign.

Listen with the intent to learn.

This is not a race confrontation,

but a race consultation.

- Go into every discussionthinking the best, not the worst.

- [Paul] In such encounters,be prepared to be surprised

by other people's complexity.

- There is more that you don't know

about them than you do know.

Be a learner, not a judge.

- Celebrate their uniquenessand the added richness

their experience and culturecould bring to your life.

- [Paul] McPherson in hisbook the Third Option:

Hope for a RaciallyDivided Nation implores

folks to honor eachperson they meet or know.

- Honor would be placing and scribing

priceless value to something,

acknowledge the pricelessof every human being.

Everybody's fearfully wonderfully made

and I need to look for that in you.

I need to know that it's there.

- And after today, we'regonna help heal the world.

- Via model of unity andlove and acceptance and honor

and if everybody just did that,

then the problem would be solved.

I can't fix you, I need to fix myself.

- So just imagine a day when we're past

all these problems with race.

It shouldn't be all that hard

because when it comes to people,

God just made one thing: the human race.

Paul Strand, CBN News, Washington.