The Effect of Martin Luther King Being a Christian on What He Did

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The Effect of Martin Luther King Being a Christian on What He Did

Answer: Martin Luther King Jnr was born on 15th January 1929, in

Atlanta. He was the son of the Reverend Martin Luther King Senior,

which shows that he had a strong religious influence early on in his

life. After going through school and university, King was licensed to

preach in 1947 and in 1954 his father appointed him preacher of the

Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. Martin Luther King Jnr had a lot of

beliefs that we related to the Bible. An example of this would be that

King believed in non-violence and was a strong pacifist. This belief

is parallel to the parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:25. In

1958, Martin Luther King Jnr even toured India so that he could

increase his understanding of Gandhi's non-violent strategies.

Pacifism was a shared belief between Martin Luther King Jnr. and

Jesus. We can see Jesus demonstrating this belief in the New

Testament, when he is being taken away to be crucified, he does not

put up a fight, even though he probably knows that he is being taken

away to be killed. And we can see King demonstrating this belief as

King did not support violence in any way (even in protests) and was

arrested many times, without ever putting up a fight. King was elected

the president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, which was set

up after a civil rights activist, Rosa Parks refused to give up her

seat to a white man on the bus and was arrested. King was part of the

Montgomery bus boycott, which was a non-violent protest to try and

stop racial separation on buses. King and others succeeded in this

attempt without having to resort to violence. In 1956 a United States

District Court ruled that racial separation on city bus lines was

illegal. Racism is also an issue that King and Jesus shared. As Acts

10:34 depicts, 'Then Peter began to speak: "I now realise that God

does not show favouritism but accepts men from every nation who fear

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