In the US, William Sterling Cary, pioneering Black pastor, dies at 94
Chicago, USAP William Sterling Cary, a pioneering minister and civil rights activist who was the first Black person in prominent church leadership roles including president of the National Council of Churches, has died, according to family members. He was 94. Cary died Sunday at his suburban Chicago home in Flossmoor following heart failure after a […]
Racial prejudice a factor in rejection of black pastor acknowledges a Southern Baptist Church
RNS A prominent Southern Baptist church in south-west Florida has acknowledged that “racial prejudice” was a factor in its congregation’s decision not to appoint a black senior pastor candidate. Pastor Marcus Hayes, a leader of Biltmore Church in Asheville, North Carolina, received 81 per cent of the vote by “a record 3,818” in attendance last […]