Solidarity over segregation: Faith-based coalitions organize across races, religions
(RNS) — Author and minister Adam R. Taylor cited interracial Christian work on voter protection and multifaith efforts to combat white nationalism.
Fear remains a barrier for minority participation in US census, say faith leaders
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Some religious leaders are supporting the count that officially starts April 1, but issues of trust and safety remain.
Activist William Barber II urges blacks in Congress to mobilize poor voters
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'If you organize 2 to 10 percent of the poor around an agenda, you can fundamentally shift every election,' Barber predicted.
Journalist Gwen Ifill remembered with stamp at her Washington church
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Known for moderating election-season debates, Ifill was the daughter of parents who were from the Caribbean and became deeply involved in the AME Church.
Ebenezer pastor Raphael Warnock enters US Senate race
ATLANTA (AP) — With his influential pulpit at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Warnock immediately brings some Democratic star power to the race — and some powerful friends.
Multiracial churches growing, but challenging for clergy of color
KELLER, Texas (RNS) — 'Pain is a part of the growth,' said the black pastor of a multiethnic Southern Baptist church in Utah.
Book: How Martin Luther King Jr. used the pulpit to 'redeem' America's soul
(RNS) — He believed there were transcendent truths that had the power to change hearts and move them away from the political and social policies of segregation.
An open letter from black church leaders and allies to Christianity Today
(RNS) — We support the magazine's recent call to remove Trump, and offer a rebuke to those pastors and leaders outraged by its support of the president's impeachment.
White evangelicals' attacks on James Cone are about power, not truth
(RNS) — A specter has been haunting white evangelicalism, in the shape of the late James Cone, a founder of black liberation theology.
Pete Buttigieg attended private meeting with black theologians, thought leaders
(RNS) — 'It was an opportunity for Mayor Pete to learn, to listen, and to hear,' said Kelly Brown Douglas.
Funeral of Lois Evans, wife of Tony Evans, set for their Dallas church
(RNS) — Though she was known mostly as the woman behind Evans, his church and ‘The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans’ broadcast, Lois Evans also served on the National Religious Broadcasters board.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove wants white evangelicals to reckon with the Bible
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — He holds out hope he can show them how he believes they’ve misread the Bible and help them discover, as he has, the black Southern freedom movement's focus on justice and freedom.
50 years after ‘Black Manifesto,’ religious groups take up reparations again
(RNS) — Five decades later, the reparations debate has reentered the national spotlight, with some religious institutions leading the way.
The original ‘Blue Christmas’: New Advent resources focus on grief, justice before celebration
(RNS) — A number of new Advent resources available this year admit a bleak midwinter spirit, drawing attention to grief and injustice.
Faith made Harriet Tubman fearless as she rescued slaves
(The Conversation) — Inspired by the pioneering AME evangelist Jarena Lee, Tubman came to understand that women could hold religious authority.