Black women preachers
Historic sermon by Gina Stewart at joint Black Baptist meeting draws cheers, controversy
By Adelle M. Banks — January 30, 2024
(RNS) — After many in the room cheered her on and stood as she preached, the session featuring her sermon temporarily disappeared from the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc.’s Facebook page.
From Rockettes to Riverside: Senior minister Adriene Thorne leads NYC church
By Adelle M. Banks — September 22, 2023
(RNS) — ‘I love bringing dancers that I know into the space,’ she said. ‘We had some at my installation.’
Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook’s Black women in ministry program gains $1 million grant
By Adelle M. Banks — February 1, 2021
(RNS) — Cook called the grant-funded program a ‘game changer’ for Black women ministers and future generations.
Activists call for justice, equal remembrance of Breonna Taylor on her 27th birthday
By Kathryn Post — June 5, 2020
(RNS) — On what would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday, theologians and activists lament the insufficient response to her March murder; some see it as a symptom of the systemic devaluing of Black women.
Black women cracking ‘stained-glass ceilings’ with Jesus’ 7 last words
By Adelle M. Banks — April 18, 2019
(RNS) — At least a dozen churches across the country are hosting Good Friday services this year that feature seven African American female preachers speaking about the last sayings of Jesus.
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