The Rev. Greg Drumwright won a court victory Wednesday (Dec. 2) when a judge dismissed a motion to ban him from Alamance County, North Carolina, where he has been leading marches to protest racialized policing.
South African Theologian Blasts Obama for Attacking ‘Preacher in a Wheelchair’
South African liberation theologian and anti-Apartheid activist Allan Boesak recently offered a blistering critique of former U.S. President Barack Obama, comparing the popular politician to biblical tyrants like Pharaoh and Herod. Boesak delivered his comments in response to Obama’s new…
Evangelical Christian activists plan ‘barnstorming’ tour of Georgia ahead of Senate runoff
A group of evangelical Christians plans a barnstorming tour of Georgia this week to press for “biblical citizenship” and “restoration of biblical values and constitutional principles” ahead of the state’s runoff election for its two U.S. Senate seats.
Refugee Ministries Hope to Rebuild Under Biden
After President-elect Joe Biden reiterated his pledge to raise the refugee ceiling to 125,000, resettlement agencies are making plans to restore their efforts to “welcome the stranger.”
Religious Bias Behind One Fifth of US Hate Crimes in 2019
More than 7,000 single-bias hate crime incidents involving more than 8,500 victims took place in 2019, with slightly more than one-fifth of these victims (20.1%) targeted due to religious bias on the part of the offenders, according to FBI data…
Progressive United Methodists announce new denomination: Liberation Methodist Connexion
A group of progressive United Methodists announced Sunday (Nov. 29) they are forming a new Methodist denomination, the Liberation Methodist Connexion, or LMX.
Faith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up
Bishop Reginald Jackson stepped to the microphone at a drive-in rally outside a church in southwest Atlanta as his voice carried over a loudspeaker and the radio to people gathered in, around and on top of cars that filled the…
Citing rise of ‘Christian nationalism,’ Secular Democrats unveil sweeping recommendations for Biden
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.