Meet the organisation preserving and promoting the stories of Black Methodists in the US
RNS When most people think of the United Methodist Church, Carol Travis said, they don’t picture Black people. “People still think that the United Methodist Church is white,” said Travis. “You don’t see enough Black faces even though we have been there from the beginning. We never left.” The congregation of East Calvary Methodist Episcopal […]
US clergy feel ill-equipped to help Black, Latino congregants with mental health
RNS Black and Latino Christians often turn to their pastors for mental healthcare, even when those clergy have limited expertise in working with those who are mentally struggling, according to a new study by the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University. Daniel Bolger, a doctoral candidate at Rice University who co-authored the report, […]
Founding fathers: Methodist racial history recalled on 250th anniversary of Asbury’s US arrival
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, looks to remember the role Francis Asbury played in helping develop Methodism in America – and in the Black Christian experience in Philadelphia…
The Interview: Jemar Tisby and Tyler Burns – Black Christians “cannot do this alone”
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, talks to Jemar Tisby and Tyler Burns – co-hosts of the Pass the Mic podcast about race relations and policing and what white people in the US need to do differently as the nation confronts the issues…
The Interview: Rev Efrem Smith on the death of George Floyd and what divides white and black Christians
As protests and unrest broke out in the US in the wake of the death of George Floyd last week, BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, spoke with Sacramento pastor and author Rev Efrem Smith about his response…