It is true that many practical matters are involved in this problem. However, regardless of one's judgment or feeling in these matters, God's people must want to do the right thing, trusting in God's Wisdom and Power to work out the practical aspects. All people, regardless of their persons, must be free to sit in our assemblies to worship and to hear the gospel preached. With so many intricate and delicate factors involved there is no easy solution. Another elder could have said the same thing while holding an entirely different point of view, which proves the impropriety of the proposition.
Nobody can presume to speak for the whole church.
Each individual is personally accountable to God for his own thoughts and deeds. Where Christ has legislated clearly a thing is forever settled but where no specific teaching or example is found an issue must be resolved on the basis of Christian principles, prayerfully applied. The Bible has been quoted and misquoted, applied and misapplied, on both sides of this issue. The Negro has suffered many indignities and much ill treatment. No Christian approves of this or desires a continuation of it.