by Shari Noland Dec 22, 2020 | Headline News |
Around the Web: Critical Race Theory still stirring emotions; Pastor Warnock misunderstood; Obama responds that he didn’t do enough for Blacks, and more…
Politics
Coalition of Black pastors slam Loeffler campaign ads as a ‘broader attack against the Black Church’ (CNN )
Two Prominent Pastors Break With SBC After Critical Race Theory Statement (Christianity Today )
A response to critiques of Rev. Warnock, Black theology, and the Black Church tradition (Baptist News Global )
Pastor, Can White Evangelicalism Be Saved? (The New York Times )
More US churches commit to racism-linked reparations (Telegram.com )
White Supremacists Defaced Our Church, But We Refuse to Lose (Sojourners )
What Warnock’s Critics Get Wrong About the Black Baptist Tradition (Sojourners )
General Interest
A Diversity of Black Voices (Rochester Beacon )
Jean Graetz, White Supporter of Civil Rights in Alabama, Dies at 90 (The New York Times )
Obama Responds to His Critics Who Say He Didn’t Do Enough for Blacks (eurweb )
A Humanities Kansas grant will help launch a podcast focused on Black churches in area (cjonline )
‘God was in the room’: Viola Davis, actors on filming alongside Chadwick Boseman months before death (The Christian Post )
Review: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (The Witness )
by Shari Noland Dec 19, 2020 | Headline News |
Around the Web: Critical Race Theory still stirring emotions; Pastor Warnock misunderstood; Obama responds that he didn’t do enough for Blacks, and more…
Politics
Coalition of Black pastors slam Loeffler campaign ads as a ‘broader attack against the Black Church’ (CNN )
Two Prominent Pastors Break With SBC After Critical Race Theory Statement (Christianity Today )
A response to critiques of Rev. Warnock, Black theology, and the Black Church tradition (Baptist News Global )
Pastor, Can White Evangelicalism Be Saved? (The New York Times )
More US churches commit to racism-linked reparations (Telegram.com )
White Supremacists Defaced Our Church, But We Refuse to Lose (Sojourners )
What Warnock’s Critics Get Wrong About the Black Baptist Tradition (Sojourners )
General Interest
A Diversity of Black Voices (Rochester Beacon )
Jean Graetz, White Supporter of Civil Rights in Alabama, Dies at 90 (The New York Times )
Obama Responds to His Critics Who Say He Didn’t Do Enough for Blacks (eurweb )
A Humanities Kansas grant will help launch a podcast focused on Black churches in area (cjonline )
‘God was in the room’: Viola Davis, actors on filming alongside Chadwick Boseman months before death (The Christian Post )
Review: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (The Witness )
by Shari Noland Dec 1, 2020 | Headline News |
VIDEO
New On Netflix: In Hampton Roads, VA, Pharrell Williams and his uncle Bishop Ezekiel Williams
Politics
This Black voter for Trump no longer feels alone (QCity Metro
How Atlanta’s Black-Jewish coalition helps Warnock and Ossoff in their fight for the Senate (Forward
After the election: Biden victory in hand, Black church get-out-the-vote workers assess the future (RNS)
The Unfair Attack on Raphael Warnock (Washington Monthly
General Interest
This archbishop has become the first African American cardinal in Catholic history (CNN )
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Urban Faith ) — David E. Talbert, Director of Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, has written and directed a delightful musical with more black and brown faces than you typically see in a movie of its type.
The Quest to Unearth One of America’s Oldest Black Churches (Wired
State marker notes AME church’s role in school desegregation fight (The Philadelphia Tribune
Grave Is Found at Site of Historic Black Church in Colonial Williamsburg (The NY Times
Research: Racial Minorities Were More Likely to Contract COVID-19 at Churches (Christianity Today
Black Charlotte’s Holiday Gift Guide (QCity Biz
Black Clergy, United Way to Launch Anti-Coronavirus Effort (AP
Events
by Urban Faith Staff Nov 29, 2020 | Headline News |
VIDEO
New On Netflix: In Hampton Roads, VA, Pharrell Williams and his uncle Bishop Ezekiel Williams
Politics
This Black voter for Trump no longer feels alone (QCity Metro
How Atlanta’s Black-Jewish coalition helps Warnock and Ossoff in their fight for the Senate (Forward
After the election: Biden victory in hand, Black church get-out-the-vote workers assess the future (RNS)
The Unfair Attack on Raphael Warnock (Washington Monthly
General Interest
This archbishop has become the first African American cardinal in Catholic history (CNN )
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Urban Faith ) — David E. Talbert, Director of Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, has written and directed a delightful musical with more black and brown faces than you typically see in a movie of its type.
The Quest to Unearth One of America’s Oldest Black Churches (Wired
State marker notes AME church’s role in school desegregation fight (The Philadelphia Tribune
Grave Is Found at Site of Historic Black Church in Colonial Williamsburg (The NY Times
Research: Racial Minorities Were More Likely to Contract COVID-19 at Churches (Christianity Today
Black Charlotte’s Holiday Gift Guide (QCity Biz
Black Clergy, United Way to Launch Anti-Coronavirus Effort (AP
Events
by Shari Noland Nov 10, 2020 | Headline News |
VIDEO
Why do White Christians Vote Republican, and Black Christians Vote Democrat? Phil Vischer
ELECTION/POLITICS
‘My ideals are driven by my faith’: Raphael Warnock on his Senate runoff race (NBC News)
Kamala Harris, America’s first female vice president-elect, makes history (The19th/Republished on Urban Faith)
Black Christian leaders on impact of 2020 racial protests, riots on America’s future (The Christian Post)
Georgia runoff gives new life to U.S. Senate bid of pastor of Martin Luther King’s church (Reuters)
Atlantans react to Biden win as he leads Trump by nearly 10,200 in Ga. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Pastor Paula White Calls On Angels From Africa And South America To Bring Trump Victory (USA Today )
GENERAL INTEREST
Juan and Lisa Winans Say Faith and Commitment Are Keys to Marriage During COVID Quarantine (eurweb )
A Loving Chastisement for America (The New York Times)
Families of gun violence victims gather to grieve and pray (Akron Beacon Journal )
Local research and treatment program Black Church Project wins federal funding (Yale News)
Claiming the fullness of faith: Halley says Gospel is best hope for healing (Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
One of America’s First Black Churches is Being Excavated in Virginia (Atlas Obscura)
AFRICA
Mercy Amba Oduyoye Centers African Women Within Christian Theology (Sojourners )Detroit Pastor Addresses Controversy Over His Move to Israel (The Jewish News )
Sudanese Christian, Muslim Leaders Agree to Promote Religious Freedom (VOA News)
Malawi announces plans to be first African country in decades to open embassy in Jerusalem (The Christian Post )
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