Gordon Coleman, pastor Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church in Callaway County, Missouri, talked with Word&Way after vandals left massive damage on Wednesday to the Black Baptist church founded by enslaved people before the Civil War.
The middle of a global pandemic might seem like a good time to cut back on holiday excess. But we live in America. Read full piece
The Palestinian Health Ministry has recommended strict limits on Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem this year due to the coronavirus outbreak. Celebrations in the biblical town revered by Christians as Jesus’s birthplace are usually attended by thousands of people from around the world.
A historic Black Baptist church in mid-Missouri originally started by enslaved Blacks before the Civil War was hit by vandals Wednesday. The significant damage to Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church near Holts Summit in Callaway County is significant.
Editor Brian Kaylor reflects on the ministry and impact of Word&Way this year, and he expresses thanks to our readers and donors who helped make it all happen.
Medical debts totaling more than $5.2 million owed by more than 3,200 families in Kansas and Oklahoma have been paid through a project of the United Church of Christ Kansas-Oklahoma Conference, church officials said Tuesday.
With November being the month of Thanksgiving, there always seems to be a gratitude or thankfulness challenge that pops up on social media. Columnist Heather Feeler writes about trying a “thank you project.”
As families rethink their Thanksgiving plans amid the COVID-19 pandemic, so too have churches. Read full piece
The campaign against Warnock is using the same tactic that has regularly been employed against Black people seeking to call America to its better possibilities. Read full piece
Darkness comes early these days. The coronavirus pandemic has upended the holiday season. Cases are surging across the nation. Amid all this, families are digging into their storage containers earlier than ever to follow through on one part of the holidays they can control: turning