Essay: Seven things white Christians can do to address white supremacy at church
ROBERT P JONES, founder of the Public Religion Research Institute in the US and the author of ‘White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity’, outlines how churches can practically address white supremacy…
Southern Baptists pick president who worked for racial unity
Nashville, Tennessee, USAP The Southern Baptist Convention tamped down a push from the right at its largest meeting in decades on Tuesday, electing a new president who has worked to bridge racial divides in the church and defeating an effort to make an issue of critical race theory. Ed Litton, a pastor from Alabama, won […]
Southern Baptists tamp down race controversy, await election
Nashville, Tennessee, USAP Representatives to the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting tamped down a controversy on race and heard an impassioned plea for victims of sexual abuse Tuesday while awaiting results on a bellwether presidential election. Some among the more than 15,000 church representatives in attendance – making it the SBC’s largest yearly gathering in […]
Talking about race: For transracial adoptive families, it’s an act of love, not ‘woke’ test
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on why Bethany Christian Services, one of the largest evangelical adaption agencies in the US, is pushing back against a “colourblind” approach to interracial adoption…
Southern Baptists: Divisions over politics, race, gender and LGBTQ policy roil largest US Protestant denomination
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on the issues expected to be on the agenda at an upcoming meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee in the US…
Southern Baptist leaders meet after critical race theory document caused controversy
RNS Southern Baptist Convention officials admitted it would have been better if they’d contacted Black leaders of their denomination before issuing a statement decrying critical race theory, which led to the departure of several Black pastors. In response to weeks of reaction to the statement and a request for a meeting from the SBC’s National […]
In the US, Senate run-off winner Warnock blasts Capitol rioters in first sermon since election
New York City, USAP In his first sermon since being declared a winner in Georgia’s US Senate runoff election, Rev Raphael Warnock on Sunday addressed last week’s deadly Capitol Hill riot that all but overshadowed his historic victory. “Just as we were trying to put on our celebration shoes, the ugly side of our story, […]
Race in the US: Trump’s legacy shadowed by divisive rhetoric, actions
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on how the issue of race has playout during the Trump presidency…
Essay: Truth over power – It is past time for the church to speak plainly about the election
In an article first published on The Conversation, ESAU MCCAULLEY, author of ‘Reading While Black’ and an assistant professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, looks at what it means as a Christian to be “on the side of truth”…
Corporate America’s year of name changes and racial reckoning
Thomson Reuters Foundation American baseball team, The Cleveland Indians, announced last week it would change its name after criticism from fans for using a moniker many deem racist. The club joins several brands this year that have dropped racially-insensitive names – some centuries-old – following mass protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black […]