Ferguson the aftermath: Why voting and voter registration is a non-solution!

Voting alone, electing officials alone does not change the economic well being of a black community. Voting is the illusion of power. It gives us choices but does not enable us to make decisions.

NEWS & VIEWS

African Americans, Barack Obama, Economics, Ferguson, Mike Brown, Rev. Earl Trent, spotlight, voting

September 7, 2014

Black Urban Males and the Diminishing Public ideal

By R. Drew Smith, Ph.D., There is a scripture verse that has become a tag line for the thriving praise and prosperity emphasis within American Christianity: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”...

PUBLIC LIFE

Black Males, Ferguson, Mike Brown, R. Drew Smith, spotlight

September 4, 2014

#FergusonFiasco: Doing Theology After #Ferguson Part 1

By Rev. Andre Johnson, Ph.D., I recently attended our Convocation service at Memphis Theological Seminary where we celebrated our 50th year anniversary in Memphis, Tennessee as a seminary. Our president, Rev. Dr. Jay Earheart-Browndelivered an inspiring sermon titled, “Ministry in the Real World.” He reminded us about the decision of the seminary to move from McKenzie, Tennessee to...

PUBLIC LIFE

Andre Johnson, Ferguson, Mike Brown, R3, spotlight

September 3, 2014

Julian “J.Kwest” Deshazier: Ministry Still Matters

Julian DeShazier is senior minister of University Church in Chicago, Illinois How does ministry still matter to you?

FAITH

Julian DeShazier, Martin Luther King, ministry, spotlight

September 1, 2014

Teach-In and Preach-In Tent Revival for Social Justice #Ferguson

The crazy faith of ordinary people bring about change! In the face of state-sanctioned murders and torture, where Black people are treated as disposable, we as people of faith are being called to make a pathway for justice!

PUBLIC LIFE

Eden Theological, Freddy Haynes, Iva Carruthers, Rev. Traci Blackmon, Ruby Sales, Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference, spotlight, Susan Smith

August 29, 2014

#Ferguson: Cheap Peace

Cheap peace rejects the problem of structural violence that gives rise to social anger and resistance. Cheap peace refuses to hear the cries of the unheard. Most importantly, cheap peace is dishonest about power within social structures.

PUBLIC LIFE

Ferguson, Keri Day, Martin Luther King, Mike Brown, spotlight, Theology

Ferguson the aftermath: Why voting and voter registration is a non-solution!

Rev. Otis Moss, III: The Criminalization of Blackness

#NowWhatBmore: Baltimore hosts a townhall on what lessons it can learn from #Ferguson

Turning Tables Teach-In: Strategies for Developing Christian Responses to Racialized Violence

Black Urban Males and the Diminishing Public ideal

#FergusonFiasco: Doing Theology After #Ferguson Part 1

Julian “J.Kwest” Deshazier: Ministry Still Matters

Teach-In and Preach-In Tent Revival for Social Justice #Ferguson

#Ferguson: Cheap Peace

Watch Full Coverage: Funeral for Michael Brown

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