‘It’s taking that culture of death and repurposing it for the sake of life, telling this very long story of resistance to that white supremacist culture,’ said the Rev. Isaac Collins, a Methodist minister who attended the melting.
'There is a lot of work yet to be done to confront systemic racism,' said the cathedral's Dean Randy Hollerith.
Some Southern Baptists want to rescind a 2019 resolution on critical race theory. Pastor Alan Cross says that if the SBC is going to start rescinding resolutions, they should instead start with the one supporting the Confederacy.
In addition to increasing diversity in leadership, some Southern Baptists also want the convention and its entities to reconsider how they honor their early slave-holding leaders. Read full piece
Terrell Carter (a pastor, university administrator, and Word&Way columnist) writes about the myths of the Lost Cause sympathizers still pushed today. Read full piece