Moral Mondays
William Barber departs pulpit of Greenleaf Church with an ode to the power of disability
By Yonat Shimron — June 19, 2023
(RNS) — The sermon, which capped his 30-year tenure as pastor of the Disciples of Christ church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, was unusually personal.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove wants white evangelicals to reckon with the Bible
By Yonat Shimron — January 2, 2020
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.
The family values we need at the border
By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove — July 30, 2019
(RNS) — I was raised in the United States by Christians who emphasized the family values of Scripture and exhorted me to be vigilant in resisting worldly forces that tear families apart.
Pastor and activist William J. Barber II wins MacArthur ‘genius’ grant
By Yonat Shimron — October 4, 2018
(RNS) — The former president of North Carolina's NAACP chapter has long been viewed as a rising star in progressive activist circles.
The moral and national danger of a president’s cursing
By Jerome Socolovsky — January 22, 2018
(RNS) — When a president writes off whole nations as 'shitholes,' he is not simply using salty language. He is using the most powerful government in the world to enforce discrimination and inequality. And every political leader who supports him is, biblically speaking, cursing this nation.
Evangelical Christians are on the left, too
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 18, 2016
Despite the growth of movements such as the Moral Mondays, the Christian left often gets lost in media coverage during election cycles. And whatever coverage does take place is often limited to conservative Christians and the “red states” of the South.
‘Moral Mondays’ leader ejected from flight
By Jerome Socolovsky — April 17, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) Rev. William Barber was escorted off an American Airlines plane after reacting to “disparaging remarks” from another passenger.
‘Moral Mondays’ leader starts ‘moral revolution’ tour
By Adelle M. Banks — March 29, 2016
(RNS) “Way too much of our national discourse has been poisoned by hateful language and policies,” said the Rev. William J. Barber II.
COMMENTARY: Moral Mondays: ‘Democratic tool’ or Great Awakening?
By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove — June 6, 2014
(RNS) If Moral Mondays are, in fact, the beginnings of another Great Awakening, they promise not only to speak to people in a context of social crisis but also to reshape religious practice in America.
NC pastor to kick off second year of demonstrations
By Amanda Greene — February 4, 2014
(RNS) The Rev. William J. Barber II and his Moral Mondays team are making final preparations for the kickoff event for the second year of protests.
NAACP’s William Barber emerges as leader of Moral Monday protests
By Yonat Shimron — June 24, 2013
(RNS) At a time when the country is becoming less religious and liberal politicians shy away from faith-based rhetoric, this Disciples of Christ minister, steeped in the African-American church tradition, has emerged as a galvanizing force in North Carolina’s pushback against the Republican-dominated legislature.
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