Is there a Word from the Lord during this prolonged season of racialized violence in our nation? How can Christian communities, leaders, clergy, lay members, and churches respond in love and solidarity with those whose backs are up against the wall? Come join me for the “Turning the Tables Teach-In: Strategies for a Christian Response...
Is there a word from the Lord that would speak to the black males of this nation to tell us that our blackness is not the sign of one who is "less than," "the other," "savage," or "animal"?
Rev.Wil Gafney is the Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School Follow Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D. on Twitter: www.twitter.com/@WilGafney
Bill Fletcher, host of The Global African and former president of TransAfrica Forum, speaks with Rev. Heber Brown, III, Pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church and Rev. Michael Livingston, Past President of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
What will your liturgy on Sunday morning say about Renisha McBride? What sermon will be preached that speaks out for Mike Brown? What benediction will be pronounced that considers Marlene Pinnock? Can you "pass the peace" if you only mean peace for your own neighborhood or community?