Dante Stewart, a writer and speaker who is currently studying at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, explains how he tried consulting with white churches and it failed. Read full piece
Even when White churches say they are committed to addressing racism, their attention can be fleeting. Black Christians fear the current attention might spark a backlash to racial justice. Read full piece
In the middle of one of the highest COVID-19 surges worldwide, pastors serving Florida’s hard-hit Hispanic community are suffering illnesses among their respective congregations while continuing their ministry.
Crowded bars and house parties have been identified as culprits in spreading the coronavirus. Meat packing plants, prisons and nursing homes are known hot spots. Then there’s the complicated case of America’s churches.
Dwight McKissic shares an open letter to SBTS President Al Mohler and SBTS trustees requesting they remove honors on campus to the school's founders, including by renaming SBTS's undergraduate college and several buildings.
Leaders of 12 Christian organizations on Friday (July 10) urged the Trump administration to rescind a policy requiring international students to leave the U.S. or transfer if their colleges hold classes entirely online this fall, saying it “falls short of American ideals.”
The president of Turkey on Friday formally reconverted Istanbul’s sixth-century Hagia Sophia into a mosque and declared it open for Muslim worship, hours after a high court annulled a 1934 decision that had made the religious landmark a museum. The decision sparked deep dismay among Orthodox
What would it look like to take on the mantle of anti-racism in today’s age? For one, we must challenge the racist ideas and racist policies that we have normalized and rendered invisible.
The story of the Ethiopian Regiment matters because if we are being honest, it is the first known ’emancipation proclamation’ ever issued to slaves held on American soil. Read full piece
Baptist ministers are among 30 local ministers calling for the removal of a Confederate monument in front of the County Courthouse in Rutherford, North Carolina. Read full piece