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Specifically, as Balmer shows, it was government interference in “segregation academies”

Randall Balmer on why racism, not abortion, birthed the religious right

Randall Balmer & new book
by: Yonat Shimron Sept. 22, 2021 (RNS) — White evangelicals have long held that the 1973 Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion propelled the rise of the political movement known asRead More

Friday, Dec. 20, 2020 interview

Interview with Rev. David W. Swanson discusses the white church

John & Pastor David
BATAViA, Ill., Dec. 20, 2020 — Can the white church change its view of racism? On Friday, Dec. 20, 2020, John Ross of XPian News interviewed Rev. David W. SwansonRead More

[Pastor] Beaman was joined by leaders of the AME denomination, who are preparing a statement decrying the ad to be released on Monday.

Black church leaders demand apology for Trump ad

Joe Biden
by: Jack Jenkins Sept. 13, 2020 (RNS) — Leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the pastor of an AME congregation in Wilmington, Delaware, are condemning a Trump-Pence campaignRead More

Click link for the interview with Rev. Hesham Shehab on racism

Hesham Shehab: Flattening The Curve Of Racism

Rev. Hesham Shehab
Click here for Flattening The Curve of Racism

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY) announced Tuesday (July 21) it will remove Sanger’s name from its Manhattan Health Center...

Pro-lifers: More needed to disavow Sanger’s eugenics legacy

by:Tom Strode WASHINGTON, July 22, 2020 (BP) — Pro-life advocates, including a Southern Baptist, welcomed a Planned Parenthood affiliate’s repudiation of founder Margaret Sanger’s eugenics advocacy but said the country’sRead More

Patterson feared Luter would fail to nominate future leaders of denominational boards and agencies who would continue the conservative resurgence...

Paige Patterson feared backslide after election of first black SBC president

Paige Patterson
by: Adelle M. Banks Nov. 14, 2019 (RNS) — A newly discovered letter from one former prominent leader of the Southern Baptist Convention to another reveals a depth of mistrustRead More

Franklin made the announcement on Monday (Oct. 28) in a pair of videos posted to Twitter.

Kirk Franklin to boycott Dove Awards, says comments about race were cut from speech

Kirk Franklin
by: Jack Jenkins Oct. 28, 2019 (RNS) — Prominent gospel musician Kirk Franklin says he will boycott the Christian music Dove Awards, citing frustrations with the Gospel Music Association andRead More

“We have to say the word, ‘Poverty,’” said Barber, according to ...

Rev. William Barber calls on Democrats to host debate on poverty, racism

Rev. William Barber talks to DNC.
by: Jack Jenkins Aug. 23, 2019 (RNS) — The Rev. William Barber II, a progressive activist and pastor, addressed the executive committee of the Democratic National Committee on Friday (Aug.Read More

Editor's Links of Interest

Preaching Against Racism Is Not a Distraction from the Gospel – Christianity Today

The pulpit gives a record of our witness. Source: Preaching Against Racism Is Not a Distraction from the Gospel = Christianity Today

"He does not judge people by the color of their skin," said the Rev. Robert Jeffress...

Leaders of religious right balk at labeling Trump a racist

Religious right embraces President Trump
by: David Crary NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2019 (AP) — Many religious leaders have strongly condemned President Donald Trump’s disparaging remarks about minority members of Congress. Prominent figures on theRead More