Michael Brown
Progressive National Baptists gain partners to address voting rights, gun violence
By Adelle M. Banks — August 10, 2023
(RNS) — Members of the historically Black Protestant denomination also marked the ninth anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, in nearby Ferguson, Missouri.
Brenda Salter McNeil on racial justice: ‘Silence is violence’
By Adelle M. Banks — August 14, 2020
(RNS) — Brenda Salter McNeil, pastor, writer and speaker, says in her new book, 'Becoming Brave,' that now is the time for Christians to act for racial justice.
Todd Bentley, ‘punching preacher’ and Lakeland revivalist, deemed not fit for ministry
By Bob Smietana — January 3, 2020
(RNS) — The controversial Canadian preacher called the inquiry into his conduct a ‘witch hunt,’ but said he has left ministry to focus on his beard care company.
White boys will be boys: Kavanaugh, #MeToo and race
By Keri Day — September 28, 2018
(RNS) — White conservative Christian preachers have tried to excuse the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh as youthful indiscretions. But in this country, in short, black boys can never simply be 'boys.'
Protests return to Ferguson streets, state of emergency declared
By Reuters — August 11, 2015
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) Police in riot gear clashed with protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, early on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the police shooting of an unarmed black teen whose death sparked a national outcry over race relations.
A year after Ferguson, a practical theology emerges around ‘Black Lives Matter’
By Adelle M. Banks — August 7, 2015
(RNS) As the “Black Lives Matter” movement has grown, it has been accompanied by practical theologies of people who feel called to act on their faith in pursuit of racial justice.
The Southern Baptists’ challenge on race (ANALYSIS)
By Jacob Lupfer — March 27, 2015
(RNS) If Southern Baptists' public posture remains primarily a catalog of concerns of aggrieved white conservatives, they shouldn’t be surprised if few black folks come along.
ATF offers $20,000 for tips on church arson after Ferguson riots
By Lilly Fowler — January 30, 2015
ST. LOUIS (RNS) Flood Christian Church is set off from the main protest area in Ferguson, and no adjacent buildings were damaged. Michael Brown's father is a member of the church.
Black churches offer scholarships to students at Michael Brown’s alma mater
By Elisa Crouch — January 14, 2015
WELLSTON, Mo. (RNS) The scholarships would cover four years’ tuition at colleges and universities operated by the AME, AME Zion and CME historically black denominations.
How adoption has forced evangelicals to grapple with race relations
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — December 22, 2014
(RNS) “People who previously assumed that racial prejudice was back in the Jim Crow era are awakened by it with their own kids," said Southern Baptist leader Russell Moore.
2014: The top stories in atheism
By Chris Stedman — December 22, 2014
From the popularity of 'Cosmos' on Fox-TV to the Roku launch of 'Atheist TV', from open atheist James Woods's inspiring congressional campaign to Richard Dawkins's less-than-inspiring tweets, atheists made headlines all year.
Is talk of privilege ‘lunacy’? On Richard Dawkins, skepticism, and certainty
By Chris Stedman — December 10, 2014
Richard Dawkins and others have already demonstrated that they're not afraid to direct their skepticism toward religious ideas. But the freethinking spirit they strive to embody and promote can't be limited to this one area.
What’s in a name? The image of God (COMMENTARY)
By Shane Claiborne — December 9, 2014
(RNS) We can’t make injustice history until we make injustice personal.
Why the post-racial label only perpetuates racism (COMMENTARY)
By Hussein Rashid — November 25, 2014
(RNS) Racism is not about racists. It is about power that is directed against marginalized groups to keep them marginalized.
Ferguson pastors urge peace after grand jury doesn’t indict
By Lilly Fowler — November 25, 2014
ST. LOUIS (RNS) The Rev. C. Jessel Strong, president of the St. Louis Metropolitan Clergy Coalition, took the pulpit: “We’re here because we’re sick and tired. Why does it seem all of our children are shot by the police?”
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