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Most people agreed that a Bible app would be best—not only would it be consistent with the general policy for all other textbooks, but there are great interactive tools in these apps that can enhance how we read and understand the Bible.
Youth are vital in understanding how changing communication patterns revive, alter, and shift religion in America. Indeed, the religious practices of youth served as a catalyst of one of the most notable and chronicled shifts in Christian ministry
What millennials really want from the church is not a change in style but a change in substance.
"These preachers lifestyles are NOT promoting Christ ethos but rather their cars, homes, relationships, and their justification on why they want viewers to see them as having fleshly desires as everyone else does," said the group, in their introduction statement.
As a historian of American and African-American religion, I know that the Trayvon Martin moment is just one moment in a history of racism in America that, in large part, has its underpinnings in Christianity and its history.
What Then? What Now? Dr. Iva Carruthers on Trayvon Martin, Faith and Social Justice
Romal Tune, author of God's Graffiti: Inspiring Stories for Teens talks about growing up in poverty amid crime, drugs and violence and shares how biblical stories about "at risk youth" family and community challenges helped him to become a leader
"We are delighted that Heber is one of our game-changing new leaders,"said The Rev. Anne Howard, Executive Director of The Beatitudes Society. "We are working toward the day when we will see a thriving nationwide web of courageous, authentic, innovative faith leaders and their communities who are engaged in the public square on behalf of inclusion, compassion, and the common good, and Heber will be a vital part of that network."
Empowering Voices speaks with Rev. Jawanza Cole, Pastor of Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio
Here we are in 2013 with a black president, and yet the cloak of invisibility remains.
