Seminary granted $1M to launch House of Black Church Studies
An ecumenical seminary based in Tennessee has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to advance studies on the African American church.
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Nigeria’s Newest Bible Translation Started with Missionary Lepers
After the gospel came to a small community in northeast Nigeria, two men on two different continents spent five decades translating Scripture into the Kamwe language.
The Witness of the Black Church Rings Through NBA History
Over 75 years of the professional league—and for decades before—Black Christians brought a social conscience to basketball.
I’ve Reached My Breaking Point as a Pastor
But that doesn’t have to mean broken relationships with others.
The unlikely friendship of Annie Armstrong and Nannie Helen Burroughs | Baptist Press
In 1897, Annie Armstrong, recording secretary of the Woman’s Missionary Union, met with Nannie Helen Burroughs, an up-and-coming leader in the National Baptist Convention.
FIRST-PERSON: Why cooperate? A New Testament model | Baptist Press
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – Why cooperate? At first glance, the question itself might seem rather trivial. Cooperation unifies. It accomplishes more than individual effort. It overcomes isolationist tendencies.
First African American Named to Key SBC Post — as Interim
Tennessee pastor Willie McLaurin has been named interim president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, becoming the first African American to lead one of the denomination’s ministry entities in its more than 175-year history.
SBC Executive Committee names interim president amid fallout from attorney-client privilege vote
The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee has named Tennessee Pastor Willie McLaurin its interim president amid an investigation into how leaders handled allegations of sexual abuse at churches.
Indian-born pastor among youngest bishops in CofE as denomination aims to hit BAME targets
The Church of England has ordained a 42-year-old India-born priest as a bishop as part of its plans to increase the number of clergy from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Faith in the Metaverse: A VR Quest for Community, Fellowship
Many Americans — some traditionally religious, some religiously unaffiliated — are increasingly communing spiritually through virtual reality, one of the many evolving spaces in the metaverse that have grown in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic.
