A Who’s Who of Clergy from across Maryland filled The Forum on Monday to endorse C. Anthony Muse: from conservative-leaning, Bishop Harry Jackson, to Hispanic Pastor, Bishop Angel Nunez, to African Methodist Episcopal Presiding Elder Goodwin Douglas of Harford County, to Baptist Minister’s Conference of Baltimore President, Dr. John Lunn and a host of others including Pastor Haywood Robinson of Montgomery County, Bishop Reginald Kennedy, Bishop Monroe Saunders, Jr., Bishop Larry Lee Thomas of Baltimore County and so many more too numerous to list.
Election after election, black folks see the same old game. Time and time again, politicians who have no vested interest in the black community, aim specifically for the pulpit. They know that if they can get in the pulpit, black folks quite often have the tendency to forget everything, get caught up in emotion, and emerge with this newfound empathy for everybody else … except black people.
On yesterday the Rev. Alvin J. Gwynn Sr., president of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance and pastor of Friendship Baptist Church continued this pattern by making a formal announcement endorsing Senator Cardin.
I had the privilege of preaching at the Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore Maryland on Sunday, February 5, 2012. I took this moment to learn from a “difference maker” in their pastor, Rev. Heber M. Brown III. I asked him the question we are wrestling with in our new book, “What makes a church alive?” His answer pushes us to reverse the question and move outside at this moment of resurrection. What does his response evoke in you?
Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering The Truth explores the role that the United States allies, Rwanda and Uganda, have played in triggering the greatest humanitarian crisis at the dawn of the 21st century.
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Until we build the proper institutions blacks will always be faced with voting for the lesser of two evils. We must make a commitment to build strong families and strong communities and prepare to lay the foundation for future generations.
The HBCU litigation is serious. It is the Brown v. Board of Education of our day and is being watched all over the country by everyone except, perhaps, by those it should matter to the most,
Dr. Ralph Watkins (Basui Amenhotep I) discusses Christianity as an African traditional religion. A sneak peek from American Africans directed by Najaa Young, produced by Najaa Young and Rasheed Jihad