A Democratic group dedicated to representing secular values unveiled a slate of recommendations for President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration on Monday (Nov. 30), outlining a sweeping agenda designed to roll back many of President Trump’s actions involving religion and to…
SBC Seminary Presidents Denounce Critical Race Theory
All six presidents of Southern Baptist Convention seminaries signed a joint statement released Monday (Nov. 30) denouncing Critical Race Theory. The statement purports to add to the SBC’s confessional document, adding yet another doctrinal layer for affirmation at the schools.
Biden victory in hand, Black church get-out-the-vote workers assess the future
On the last Sunday of October, the Rev. Karl Anderson helped arrange a “Souls to the Polls” event on a blocked-off downtown street to encourage Alachua County, Florida, residents to do their civic duty ahead of Election Day.
Pastor Says Vandalism of Black Baptist Church is Spiritual Attack
Rev. Gordon Coleman remembers as a 12-year-old boy seeing the damage caused by racist vandals to Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church where his dad served as pastor in Callaway County, Missouri. Forty-six years later, Gordon is pastor of that church…
Churches return land to Indigenous groups as part of #LandBack movement
All day, the sweetwater had dripped steadily from the trunks of the maple trees into blue, plastic buckets.
In new book, Pope Francis addresses COVID-19 and politics, with an eye to the US
Just weeks after Pope Francis issued “Fratelli Tutti,” a 400-page encyclical on themes of universal love and economic injustice, he is releasing a slimmer volume, “Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future,” reflecting on the pandemic and its…
Black clergy, United Way to launch anti-coronavirus effort
Black clergy leaders are joining forces with the United Way of New York City for a new initiative designed to combat the coronavirus’ outsized toll on African Americans through ramped-up testing, contact tracing and treatment management.
Stay home, evangelical medical organization tells churches as COVID spreads
For months, the leaders of the Christian Medical and Dental Associations have urged churches to social distance, wear masks and do their part to slow the spread of COVID-19. Unfortunately, says the association of 20,000 evangelical health care professionals, those…
Pastors Launch Church-Planting Network for ‘Black and Brown Neighborhoods’
A team of pastors including Thabiti Anyabwile and John Onwuchekwa have launched a new network—The Crete Collective—to support church planters focused on black, Hispanic, and Asian American communities.
Adam Taylor succeeds Jim Wallis as Sojourners president
The Rev. Adam Taylor has been named the new president of Sojourners, the national Christian social justice advocacy organization founded and led by the Rev. Jim Wallis since the 1970s.
Tennessee lawmakers take aim at COVID-19 vaccination with bill to allow religious and conscience exemption
A bill introduced in the Tennessee legislature would remove provisions in state law that limit the application of religious exemptions from vaccination requirements in the case of an epidemic or where immunization is necessary to protect the health of others….
In Georgia runoff, GOP attacks Warnock by tying him to controversial Chicago preacher
As the fight for U.S. Senate majority turns to the runoff election for Georgia’s two Senate seats, Republicans are ramping up attacks on one of the Democratic candidates, the Rev. Raphael Warnock, by sharing short clips of his sermons and…