Church plants affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention are more likely to be “racially and ethnically diverse” than not. In a report presented to the SBC’s Executive Committee (EC) staff and trustees on Sept. 20, …
The excavation of three suspected graves located at the site of one of the first Black churches in the United States has started in order to determine the identity and way of life of those …
Brian Kaylor of Word and Way writes that when the Baptist World Alliance met for the first time since 2019, the issue of racial equality was at the forefront of the gathering. In Birmingham, Ala., …
Ann Brock of the blog Old Black Church writes that a Black family was driven off from attending the First Baptist Church in the majority African-American town of Forrest City, Ark., following racist remarks from …
Following the sudden firing of a Black administrator at the Columbia Theological Seminary, black students are protesting and pointing out that the firing of administration and faculty members of color has been going on since …
When President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act at the close of March, Southern Baptist leaders voiced their support for the measure. With the President’s signature, lynching is now classified as a federal …
A Ukrainian mother and her three children have been permitted to enter the United States after they were rejected at the Mexican border due to the nation’s widely controversial pandemic measures that deny asylum seekers …
Faith has long played an important role in African-American history. Hymns, in particular, developed into an important part of their religious culture. Such songs proved indispensable years before black education was common or even legal …
Officials in northeastern China recently detained Zhou Jinxia, a Chinese Christian woman, for trying to share her gospel beliefs with President Xi Jinping, and his wife, Peng Liyuan. Jinxia has been arrested 50 times for …
For JaCari Letchaw, a black, single mother in Birmingham, Alabama, an impossible cash bail assigned to her before she was ever convicted of a crime almost brought her entire life crashing down around her. A local non …