Sight-Seeing: Should white Christians celebrate Juneteenth?
CHUCK MINGO, founder of Courageous Love and a teaching pastor at Crossroads Church in Ohio, says yes, and that, like any celebration, it’s better with friends…
In the US, reparations campaign takes new forms with Bible study, Juneteenth march
United StatesRNS The long campaign for reparations for slavery in the United States has taken numerous forms. Members of Congress have supported a commission to study the matter. Pastor Les Robinson interacts with members of the congregation at The Sanctuary Church on Sunday, 14th May, 2023, in Santa Clarita, California. For Black Californians who have […]
US faith leaders urge Biden to sign executive order for reparations study by Juneteenth
United StatesRNS More than 200 US interfaith leaders have requested that President Joe Biden establish a commission to study reparations for African Americans by signing an executive order by the newly recognised federal holiday Juneteenth. “Our faith traditions hold as central the essential worth of each person as having been created in the image of […]
Essay: Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how emancipated people were kept unfree needs to be remembered, too
As the US marks Juneteenth, KRIS MANJAPRA, author of ‘Black Ghost of Empire’, writes – in an article first published on The Conversation, looks the history of the day…
Essay: We need a better strategy to plant Black and brown churches
US pastors and church planting network founders THABITI ANYABWILE and JOHN ONWUCHEKWA, in an article first published on Religion News Service, argue that Black and brown communities need the freedom to plant churches responsive to their own contexts and needs…
James Forbes’ ode to Juneteenth calls on Americans to embrace the promise of freedom
RNS Rev James A Forbes, Jr, was already an adult when he first began to understand the significance of Juneteenth. It was his wife, Bettye, whom he met in the early ’60s when they were both students at Howard University, who helped him gain an appreciation for the commemoration. She had grown up in San […]
The Interview: “We still have work to do” – Wheaton’s Theon Hill on the new US holiday, Juneteenth
PAUL O’DONNELL, of Religion News Service, speaks with Theon Hill, an associate professor at Wheaton College who teaches rhetoric, race and social change in American culture and politics, about the newly declared US national holiday, Juneteenth…
“Civil rights isn’t over” – Americans mark Juneteenth coast-to-coast; UN sets up racism inquiry
Atlanta, USReuters Thousands marched in US cities, major companies gave employees the day off and people in coronavirus lockdown held online forums on Friday as America marked Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the end of Black slavery that carries special resonance this year. After a wave of recent protests and national soul-searching about the country’s legacy […]
US faith leaders prepare for historic Juneteenth celebrations
RNS This Juneteenth, Pastor Eddie Anderson will be among many social justice activists, educators and faith leaders around the country reflecting on the role of the black church in the Black Lives Matter movement. Anderson will participate in a breakout discussion that is part of ‘JusticeCon: A Path Towards Freedom‘, a virtual conference hosted by […]