How Ferguson Widened an Enormous Rift Between Black Christians and White Evangelicals

Remembering Michael Brown on the five-year anniversary of his killing in Ferguson, Mo., would be incomplete without acknowledging the impact that this tragedy had on race relations within American evangelicalism.

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85. Timothy Stewart
Timothy Stewart, president of the Progressive National Baptist Convention and pastor of the oldest Baptist church in the Bahamas, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the work and heritage of the PNBC. He also discusses Baptist history in the Bahamas and current concerns for the people in the nation. This interview occurred…
84. Charles Foster Johnson
Charles Foster Johnson, executive director of Pastors for Texas Children, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about how churches can minister to local schools. He also discusses how advocacy is part of our ministry and how pastors in other states can start their own Pastors for Children group. (This episode is sponsored in part by the Cooperative…
83. Press Freedom as Religious Freedom
This episode features remarks by Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the importance of press freedom. He offered these thoughts during a workshop at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship general assembly in Birmingham, Ala. The workshop, called "Press Freedom as Religious Freedom," also included panelists Mitch Randall of EthicsDaily.com and David Wilkinson of Baptist News Global. (This…
82. Hannah McMahan King
Hannah McMahan King, co-executive director of the New Baptist Covenant, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the work of the NBC in bringing churches together across racial and denominational lines. She also discusses the problem of white churches not dealing with injustices of the past and her research into the impact of Christianity on…