How people visualize God can have real consequences to life on Earth, Stanford research has found. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The researchers, led by Stanford psychologist Steven O. Roberts, conducted a series of studies with U.S. Christians and found that when people conceptualize God as a white man, they are more likely to perceive white male job […]
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First female, African-American Bishop to lead West TN Episcopal Diocese | WMCTV
Kontji Anthony, WMCTV Most Rev. Michael Curry, the first African-American presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, was chief consecrator on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at Hope Church, for the Rt. Rev. Phoebe A. Roaf’s consecration service. Roaf is the Fourth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee. (Lisa Buser/Special to The Daily Memphian). Featured […]
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Dear Black Man: God Loves You! | My Muddy Walk With Christ
Carmen Byrd, My Muddy Walk With Christ [dropcap]During[/dropcap] a late-night conversation a few years ago, a friend of mine asked me if I could do one thing for the black community what would it be. My response was I would wrap my arms around the world and give every person of color a hug. I […]
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Alfred Street Baptist Church Gifts Howard University With $100k To Pay Off Tuition & Outstanding Balances Of Senior Students | PR News Wire
Alfred Street Baptist Church’s 100k donation helps 34 Howard University graduating seniors remove financial holds; taking their accounts to a $0 balance to ensure they graduate in May 2019.
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Watch Night Service in the Black Church in America: 150 Years After the Emancipation Proclamation | Huffpost
“Watch Night Service” in the Black Church in America symbolizes the historical fact, that on the night of Dec. 31, 1862 during the Civil War, free and freed blacks living in the Union States gathered at churches and/or other safe spaces, while thousands of their enslaved black sisters and brothers stood, knelt and prayed on plantations and other slave holding sites in America — waiting for President Abraham Lincoln to sign the Emancipation Proclamation into law.
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It’s On Men to End Sexism in the Black Church | The New York Times
We are responsible for it. So we must end it.
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Mormons Grapple with Race 40 Years After Ending Black Ban | Atlanta Black Star
In the U.S., blacks account for about 1 to 3 percent of 6.6 million Mormons
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