As the country is once again facing a reckoning on racial justice, perhaps the biggest obstacle to White Christians’ full participation in the movement for racial equality is an unshakable commitment to our own innocence.
Terrell Carter (a pastor, university administrator, and Word&Way columnist) writes about the myths of the Lost Cause sympathizers still pushed today.
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Columnist Christopher Dixon admits feeling fatigue amide coronavirus, racial injustices, and more. But he also sees the importance of churches and Christians staying engaged and listening.
Editor Brian Kaylor reflects on the passing of Baptist civil rights giants C.T. Vivian and John Lewis, and what it would mean to really honor the legacy of those two and their fellow Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr.
Many Southern Baptists are familiar with Annie Armstrong, founder of the Woman’s Missionary Union. Fewer know of Annie Filmore, a 20th century pioneer of Baptist missions, who was initially denied fellowship with Armstrong’s WMU because of the color of her skin.
Bryan Stevenson talks about truth and reconciliation in America — and about whether truth would actually lead to reconciliation in America. And he discusses what the process of reckoning with our past sins and present wounds would look and feel and sound like.
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It would be a mistake to think that the events in Wilmington, North Carolina, 120 years ago are not still with us. The stories of history do not disappear simply because only a few people know them. What people forget, institutions remember.
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For years, John Onwuchekwa was a rising star in the Southern Baptist Convention. The Black pastor was part of the family and destined for great things. Then he wasn’t. And now he and his church is leaving the SBC.