Former Jesuit Plantation May Hold Quarters of the Enslaved
A recent dig may have uncovered where the founders of Georgetown University once held those they enslaved in eastern Maryland. Read full piece
The 1st MBC Leader Enslaved Black People. Their New President is a Black Pastor.
The Missouri Baptist Convention on Tuesday elected its first Black president — 186 years after the first man to hold that position did so while he enslaved more than a dozen Black people. This week’s election of Jon Nelson symbolized a significant change since Jeremiah
Diverse Group of Pastors Sign Deep South Racial Justice Statement
Pastors and community leaders in Charleston, South Carolina, and Mobile and Montgomery, Alabama, have worked on the “Deep South Joint Statement on the Gospel, Racial Reconciliation, and Justice” aimed at spurring Bible-based racial reconciliation, multiracial conciliation, and racial justice.
A Pastor Rescues A Cemetery For Enslaved People, Then Buries Her Son In It
Five years ago, Pastor Michelle Thomas was looking for a place to build a church in Loudoun County, which borders the Potomac River in northern Virginia. She had no idea her search would lead her to a neglected burial ground for enslaved people, nor that her
‘The White Christian Shuffle’: Southern Seminary Sets Aside $5 Million for Black Students
Author Robert P. Jones calls it "The White Christian Shuffle." The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary did it Monday when its board of trustees took a small step toward reconciliation by voting to set up a $5 million scholarship endowment for Black students. But it may have taken a step or two backward
Al Mohler Needs to Say Their Names
Trustees for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary followed the request of SBTS President Al Mohler and voted against renaming buildings that honor the school’s enslaver founders. But while Mohler and SBTS insist names are important, they keep ignoring some names: those enslaved by the founders.
SBTS Trustees Unanimously Vote to Keep Campus Honors to Enslaver Founders
After months of some Black Southern Baptist leaders urging Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to remove names of enslavers from campus buildings and programs, trustees at the school in Louisville, Kentucky, unanimously voted Monday (Oct. 12) not to change the names.
Southern Baptist Seminary Has Yet to Make Amends for Its History of Racism & Slavery
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, more than two years after it acknowledged its complicity in slavery, still has the names of Confederates James Boyce, John Broadus, William Williams and Basil Manly Jr. on buildings and programs at its Lexington Road campus. Read full piece
Bonhoeffer Moment No. 1: Claiming Christ But Losing the Gospel
Bill Leonard responds to Tom Nettles's defense of the slavery of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary's enslaver founders. Read full piece
Maryland Episcopal Church Vows to Create $1M Reparation Fund
A Maryland religious institution has pledged to create a $1 million fund for programs benefitting the Black community in an effort to make reparations for its role in slavery and racial injustice. Read full piece