Leaders from Black churches across the nation will gather in Nashville Oct. 22-23 for the National Black Sunday School Conference at LifeWay Christian Resources. The training event is designed “to help strengthen Sunday Schools and to address issues within the context of traditions and culture of the Black Church,” according to a LifeWay press release. […]
Leaders from Black churches across the nation will gather in Nashville Oct. 22-23 for the National Black Sunday School Conference at LifeWay Christian Resources. The training event is designed “to help strengthen Sunday Schools and to address issues within the context of traditions and culture of the Black Church,” according to a LifeWay press release. […]
A recent article in New York Magazine entitled “All Joy and No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parenting,” examines the relationship between child-rearing and happiness. Citing numerous studies indicating that having children negatively impacts one’s day-to-day feelings of happiness, the article essentially asks whether the long-term, overall rewards of parenting outweigh, in the end, the years […]
Less than one percent of American missionaries are black, but one organization is working hard to change that. Leroy Barber, president of Mission Year, has made it his calling to recruit more black missionaries to serve in the U.S. urban environment. “There is a goal for people to come to know Jesus,” Barber said. “There […]
Less than one percent of American missionaries are black, but one organization is working hard to change that. Leroy Barber, president of Mission Year, has made it his calling to recruit more black missionaries to serve in the U.S. urban environment. “There is a goal for people to come to know Jesus,” Barber said. “There […]
CNN’s Kyra Phillips gave a ringing endorsement to a Christian minister and his heterodox views on homosexuality on Monday’s Newsroom. Phillips interviewed televangelist Bishop Carlton Pearson, who, in her words, went “out on a limb…[to] say gays are accepted in heaven,” and concluded the segment by stating how she “respect[s] very much” what he preached […]
CNN’s Kyra Phillips gave a ringing endorsement to a Christian minister and his heterodox views on homosexuality on Monday’s Newsroom. Phillips interviewed televangelist Bishop Carlton Pearson, who, in her words, went “out on a limb…[to] say gays are accepted in heaven,” and concluded the segment by stating how she “respect[s] very much” what he preached […]
Black relationships have been under study and research for the past 35 years. Many African-American studies at university and colleges study the evolution of the relationships among Black families in comparison to other cultures.
Black relationships have been under study and research for the past 35 years. Many African-American studies at university and colleges study the evolution of the relationships among Black families in comparison to other cultures.
ASHLAND, Ky. — An Appalachian church that touts itself as Ashland’s first predominantly black house of worship is seeking federal funding to repair its aging building. Members at the St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church are hoping for a $10,000 federal grant to help the church make repairs and prevent further damage from flooding. Thelma […]
ASHLAND, Ky. — An Appalachian church that touts itself as Ashland’s first predominantly black house of worship is seeking federal funding to repair its aging building. Members at the St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church are hoping for a $10,000 federal grant to help the church make repairs and prevent further damage from flooding. Thelma […]
Prompted by the concerns of black clergy members in crime-plagued sections of central Brooklyn, the New York Police Department has set up a task force aimed at reducing violent crime there, particularly among black people. The Brooklyn Clergy/N.Y.P.D Task Force was created after clergy members approached the department. “We’re killing ourselves with black-on-black crime,” Bishop […]
