Ferguson
Jim Wallis on Ferguson: Repentance has not happened there yet
By Lilly Fowler — October 10, 2014
(RNS) "I’ll say this as clearly as I can: What’s very clear is that black lives are worthless in America and the criminal justice system. It’s time to right that unacceptable wrong."
Former Ram Aeneas Williams now tending a flock in Ferguson
By Lilly Fowler — September 8, 2014
FERGUSON, Mo. (RNS) While some have been critical of the religiosity often found in American football, Aeneas Williams sees a calling from God he can’t ignore.
It’s time for church people to stop their usual fussing (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — September 2, 2014
(RNS) This year will be a test. Can American Christianity get over itself and truly serve a desperate society?
MLK’s daughter seeks nonviolent Ferguson response
By Elisa Crouch — August 27, 2014
BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS, Mo. (RNS) Bernice King and others from the King Center in Atlanta are meeting with Missouri high school students to help them channel anger over the police shooting of Michael Brown into positive change.
Churches must provide a space where people are free to be themselves (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — August 26, 2014
(RNS) People need safe places, and church has provided that safety to many.
Michael Brown’s funeral echoes with cries for justice
By Yamiche Alcindor — August 25, 2014
ST. LOUIS (RNS) Quincy Harts, 40, of St. Louis, was outside the church wearing a T-shirt with Brown's picture and the words: "No Justice, No Peace."
In Ferguson, Nation of Islam members push for peace
By Lilly Fowler — August 25, 2014
FERGUSON, Mo. (RNS) The Nation of Islam and other groups -- such as Black Lawyers for Justice -- helped control the crowds and may have protected businesses from looters.
Ferguson letter from black clergy becomes interracial call for justice
By Adelle M. Banks — August 22, 2014
(RNS) The statement calls on African-American churches to memorialize Michael Brown and to elect politicians who "represent the preservation of life in ethnic communities."
After Ferguson, churches must confess the sin of abandonment (COMMENTARY)
By Carl W. Kenney — August 21, 2014
(RNS) As easy as it is to drive away, change happens when we stay.
Ferguson: Why atheists should care — and what they can do
By Chris Stedman — August 21, 2014
It’s time for humanists to dig deeper. It’s time for humanists to stop being so lazy regarding issues of race violence. Race and the consequences of our racist society must become a priority within the humanist movement.
The other narrative about Ferguson, Mo. (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — August 19, 2014
(RNS) I know from my years there as a pastor that Ferguson is a strong community. The town has rootedness, civic pride, strong churches, and a fervent desire to make an integrated community work.
At church rally, community pours out support for Michael Brown’s family
By Lilly Fowler — August 18, 2014
FERGUSON, Mo, (RNS) Speaking at a church service here, the Rev. Al Sharpton announced a future march in Washington on policing. He criticized the militarization of police, saying they act as if they are “at war with … citizens.”
FEATURED VIDEO: ‘Hands up’ for Ferguson
By Sally Morrow — August 17, 2014
Members of Middle Collegiate Church in New York held a worship celebration on Sunday (Aug. 17) in which attendees held their hands up as a gesture to pray for "racial reconciliation throughout our country."
Across America, silent vigils in Michael Brown’s memory
By Trevor Hughes — August 15, 2014
(RNS) Attendees wore red ribbons to honor Brown, 18, at Thursday evening rallies from Maine to Michigan, Florida to New York, Vermont, Colorado and California.
Ferguson protests draw clergy, faith voices to streets and Twitter
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — August 14, 2014
In 1965, clergy joined the march on Selma for civil rights. Today, voices of faith are in the streets and on social media calling for justice in Ferguson.