Empowering Voices talks with the Rev. Dr. F. Bruce Williams, Senior Pastor of Bates Memorial Baptist Church about how his congregation is restoring Smoketown, one of the poorest zip codes in Louisville, KY
The Rev. Steven E. Carter, Senior Pastor of Mt. Ararat Baptist Church of Brooklyn, NY says his grandmother taught him how to sing the old hymns of the church and the lyrics of those God-Spirited songs give us faith to overcome our pains...
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?
In this brief video Pastor Emeritus J. Alfred Smith Sr. and Pastor J. Alfred Smith Jr. talk about pastoral transition and the future of the African American church.
This is a recording of a brunch sponsored by Fuller Theological Seminary, which took place on February 25, 2011. The conversation features Dr. Ralph C. Watkins, lecturing on the topic, and Dr. Carolyn Gordon responds.