The Next Baptist President of the United States?
This issue of A Public Witness details the religious background of Kamala Harris, now one of the two leading contenders to be the 47th president of the United States.
Rev. Amos Brown, Vice Chair of California’s Reparations Task Force, Calls for Action
Rev. Amos C. Brown is a civil rights veteran and onetime student of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Now, the 82-year-old senior pastor of San Francisco’s Third Baptist Church is vice chair of California’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans.
As Black Female Politician, VP Harris a Top Target of Online Trolls
As controversy continues after some prominent Southern Baptist pastors called U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris a “Jezebel” or said she was “going to hell,” new research shows that Harris and other women of color remain top targets for online attacks.
San Francisco Civil Rights Icon Rev. Amos Brown Turns 80
Amos C. Brown, living history himself, has a lot of context to draw from as a civil rights leader who turned 80 years old on Saturday. Read full piece (You can also hear a recent Word&Way interview with Brown)
Calvinist Group Defends ‘Jezebel’ Attacks on VP Kamala Harris
As controversy grows about comments by Southern Baptist pastors comparing Vice President Kamala Harris to the biblical character Jezebel, a leader in Founders Ministries, a group pushing Calvinism within SBC life, claimed critics of the pastors worship a false religion.
The First Step to Reconciliation
Civil Rights icon Amos C. Brown, pastor of Third Baptist Church in San Francisco where Vice President Kamala Harris is a member, writes in response to White Southern Baptist pastors calling Harris a “Jezebel.”
Southern Baptists Need a Vaccine for Racism
This is not some sort of philosophical debate. It has very real, very dangerous consequences. Read full piece
Kamala Harris’s Pastor Expresses Hopes for Greater Social Justice
The pastor of Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris’s Baptist church praises her as “human decency and dignity at its best.” Amos C. Brown, a longtime civil rights activist who has pastored Third Baptist Church of San Francisco since 1976, made the comments in a Word&Way interview.