Women in leadership: Obstacles remain as women seek more leadership roles in America’s Black Church
DARREN SANDS, of Associated Press, reports on the challenges women still face in Black churches in the US…
US Black church coalition names reparations, voting, health equity among priorities
United StatesRNS The Conference of National Black Churches has called on African American congregations to embrace a list of priorities – from “government-sponsored reparations” to improved access to healthcare – as they move out of a pandemic era and into an election year. “We believe Black life must be valued and the humanity of all […]
Essay: A brief history of the Black church’s diversity, and its vital role in American political history
JASON OLIVER EVANS, a scholar of Christian theology and African American religion, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation, at the history and influence of the Black church in the United States…
US black clergy, critiquing the national divide, announce plan to forge their own path
Washington, DCRNS Representatives of two black Baptist denominations, the Progressive National Baptist Convention and the National Baptist Convention USA, declared on Tuesday that they would stand apart from white liberals and conservatives alike while seeking to address a politically divided nation. Rejecting the “politics of fear” they say has taken hold in this election season, […]