The Rev. and Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock shares more than a party with President-elect Joe Biden: Both Democrats made faith a central part of their political identity on the campaign trail — and their victories are emboldening religious liberals.
As chaos hits Capitol, two forms of faith on display
On Wednesday morning (Jan. 6), an interfaith group of religious leaders gathered outside of Luther Place Memorial Church in the nation’s capital. For two hours, the clergy prayed for an end to violence, for an eradication of white nationalism and…
Warnock, pastor and politician, has role models who did both
The Rev. Raphael Warnock has won one of Georgia’s two runoff elections for U.S. Senate: Will he be both a pastor and a politician?
Sharpton: Firing officer who killed Andre Hill is not enough
The life of Andre Hill was commemorated Tuesday morning as family and lawmakers called for justice to be brought against the white Columbus police officer who fatally shot the 47-year-old days before Christmas.
As ‘Jericho Marchers’ descend on Washington, local faith leaders brace for attacks
A throng of religious supporters of President Donald Trump swathed in red, white and blue kicked off a “Jericho March” on Tuesday (Jan. 5), marching around the U.S. Capitol in imitation of the biblical account of Israelites besieging the city…
African spirituality offers Black believers ‘decolonized’ Christianity
It’s 11:11 on a recent Sunday morning and The Proverbial Experience is just getting underway. “Greetings my loves!” proclaims the Rev. Lyvonne Proverbs Briggs, the founder of this weekly spiritual gathering on Instagram. “Anybody got a hallelujah in your spirit?”
Warnock, pastor and politician, has role models who did both
Rev. Raphael Warnock has won one of Georgia’s two runoff elections for U.S. Senate: will he be both a pastor and a politician?
DC Methodists Urged to Light Candles as Election Protest Counter-Witness
As tens of thousands of pro-Trump supporters descend on the nation’s capital Tuesday (Jan. 5) and Wednesday (Jan. 6) to urge Congress to reject the results of the November presidential election, the local conference of United Methodists urges churches to…
Senate race thrusts ‘Black America’s church’ into spotlight
For decades, the red-bricked Gothic Revival church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached has been a monument to the history of Black Americans’ fight for civil rights and the legacy of an activist icon.