Postcards: In the US, Black women ministers get “affirmation that God sees us” at DC event
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on a gala evenining to honour Black women ministers at the National Press Club in the US…
In the US, Rev Suzan Johnson Cook’s Black women in ministry program gains $US1 million grant
RNS A new program pairing Black women in ministry with mentors has received a $US1 million Lilly Endowment grant. Rev Suzan Johnson Cook, former US international religious freedom ambassador, and her home church, Union Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, have partnered on the REAL THRIVE Initiative. The program includes women in the New York and […]
Unlike most Christian women’s conferences in the US, the Ally Virtual Tour isn’t shying away from politics
RNS “This is not a normal white girl conversation,” said Lisa Sharon Harper, founder and president of Freedom Road. She’s referring to the topics being covered during the Ally Virtual Tour, which kicked off Monday and brings together a number of female Christian leaders online to discuss faith, gender, race and politics in the countdown to […]
In the US, activists call for justice, equal remembrance of Breonna Taylor on her 27th birthday
RNS On what would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday (5th June), some theologians and activists lament what they call an insufficient response to her March murder. They note that protests in her honour occurred only after widespread outrage over George Floyd’s death and that, to date, no charges have been filed against the three […]
Essay: A call to conscience for white Christian women
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rev JENNIFER BUTLER, CEO of Faith in Public Life, says it’s time white Christian women in the US took a greater stand against racism…