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He feared coming out. Now this pastor wants to help Black churches become as welcoming as his own
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIt was daunting when the Rev. Brandon Thomas Crowley, at age 22, replaced a beloved pastor who had...
Obstacles remain as women seek more leadership roles in America's Black Church
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoNo woman had ever preached the keynote sermon at the Joint National Baptist Convention, a gathering...
Cecil 'Chip' Murray, L.A. civil rights icon and spiritual leader, dead at 94
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoCecil L. Murray, a civil rights leader who made the First African Methodist Episcopal Church the...
Black voters are asked to 'show up and show out' for Biden in South Carolina
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoCHARLESTON, S.C. ‒ It was late one recent afternoon when Charlea Bing eyed a man standing outside a...
How a heritage of Black preaching shaped MLK's voice in calling for justice
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoMartin Luther King, Jr. delivers his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial...
MLK’s vision of social justice included religious pluralism – a house of many faiths
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoReligious pluralism and social justice were at the core of King’s campaigns – a vision shaped by...
Joe Biden gives campaign speech at site of Mother Emanuel AME church in Charleston
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoPresident Joe Biden called the "big lie" about the 2020 election the "second lost cause" and renewed...
Deaf Christians often struggle to hear God's word, but some find meaning in the richness of who they...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoDeaf Christians can often feel excluded in churches. But the Christian contemplative tradition that...
Florida's Great Displacement has already begun
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoClimate change is making disasters like hurricanes more devastating and frequent, and Floridians are already being forced to flee.Getty; Marianne...
Disbelief after L.A. bishop who devoted his life to others is brutally gunned down
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoA picture of Bishop David O'Connell stands near the altar while he is honored at the St. Frances X....