One former member of the sect said he felt “inferior” as a Black teenager because of his church’s racist beliefs on mixed ...
As a reverend with cerebral palsy, I’m not the minister most congregants expect. I’ve dropped Eucharist wine and stuttered ...
Ndlovu is the first Black, non-American pastor at the church. His installation marks the church’s first reverse mission, as its missionaries have historically traveled from the United States to ...
Occasionally one of my children will ask me, “Am I your favorite child?” This both elicits a laugh I don’t think they were ...
Written by Langston Hughes in 1961, it tells the Christmas story with an all-Black cast, music, poetry and dance ...
Preaching tips, advice and inspiration, as featured in the Church Times.
In a world already watching the church with critical eyes, it’s deeply concerning when Christians themselves become the ...
Who would have ever thought?’ said Cavaness on her 17th day as the 53rd pastor of the church. ‘It’s such a victory on so many ...
AP photojournalists witnessed mass movements across Asia change governments, from student protests in Bangladesh that forced ...
Even if members are politically active and many leaders are often outspoken about issues and candidates they support, most ...
Pope Francis also shared practical advice for preachers to “never go over 10 minutes” at the risk of their listeners losing interest in a sermon. “Preachers must preach an idea, a feeling ...
In 1819, in an age when women were prohibited by social and religious custom from preaching ... ministry because she was black and a woman. She became a traveling minister, traveling thousands ...