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Pope Leo finally addresses his Black ancestry and slavery
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (468+ words) Pope Leo XIV acknowledges his family included both enslaved people and enslavers, sparking new debates on race and identity....
How one news error shook Baltimore’s faith community
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (199+ words) The Baltimore Sun's mistaken identification of a respected pastor raises questions about accountability, trust, and how Black Baltimoreans are portrayed....
Finding freedom on higher ground: Food justice this Juneteenth
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (335+ words) Rev. Dr. Heber Brown III argues that Juneteenth should be both a celebration of freedom and a call to action on food justice. Through the Black Church Food Security Network's gardening and community programs, including Baltimore's "Operation Higher Ground," he…...
Church leadership urged to review outdated agreements for legal clarity
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (408+ words) By Kisha A. Brown Most churches are overexposed. Even the ones with clean books and a strong trustee board. I recently sat with a pastor and his senior deacon—good people, thoughtful, trying to do right by everyone. The pastor had…...
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8+ mon, 1+ week ago (55+ words) Dr. King’s concept of the “beloved community” is a community transformed by love. (Credit: Yoichi Okamoto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)... Dr. King’s concept of the “beloved community” is a community transformed by love. (Credit: Yoichi Okamoto, Public domain, via…...
Watch Night: How Black Americans welcomed freedom with prayer
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (609+ words) Watch Night or ‘Freedom’s Eve’ commemorates when African Americans watched and waited for the Emancipation Proclamation. By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware On the night of Dec. 31, 1862, under cover of darkness and winter cold, groups of Americans of African descent — some…...
A Christian call for justice: We must end the ‘War on Drugs’
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (337+ words) By Rev. Stacy Swimp When the U.S. government launches deadly force against suspected drug carriers far away, it sets a chilling and dangerous precedent. For followers of Christ, this state expansion of power to take a life, combined with a history…...