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Image link to article: Terri Laws: Making our health care system more equitable is a matter of faith

Terri Laws: Making our health care system more equitable is a matter of faith

Image link to article: Shayla Harris: Black church history is Black history is American history

Shayla Harris: Black church history is Black history is American history

Image link to article: The pastoral challenge of Christian nationalism

The pastoral challenge of Christian nationalism

By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Director, School for Conversion

Image link to article: Jennifer Harvey: Dismantling racism requires knowing our history

Jennifer Harvey: Dismantling racism requires knowing our history

Image link to article: We need to talk about white belief

We need to talk about white belief

By Oluwatomisin Oredein Professor, Brite Divinity School

Image link to article: How do we reconcile with "those people"?

How do we reconcile with "those people"?

By Kelly Ryan Communications Specialist, The Evaluation and Communications Project at the Center for Congregations

Image link to article: Finding examples in the fight for justice

Finding examples in the fight for justice

By Angie Kay Hong Director of Educational Programs, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

Image link to article: William H. Lamar IV: Sentiment isn't enough to combat oppression

William H. Lamar IV: Sentiment isn't enough to combat oppression

By William H. Lamar IV Pastor, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church

Image link to article: Becoming a nation of better neighbors starts with equality

Becoming a nation of better neighbors starts with equality

By Mycal X. Brickhouse Director of programs and grants, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

Image link to article: Otis Moss III: Care for the land is intimately tied to Black liberation

Otis Moss III: Care for the land is intimately tied to Black liberation

By Yonat Shimron Journalist

Image link to article: A merged congregation bonds over a project to honor the freed and enslaved Africans buried in its cemetery

A merged congregation bonds over a project to honor the freed and enslaved Africans buried in its cemetery

By Genine Babakian Journalist

Image link to article: Willie James Jennings: By naming the foundational problems of theological education, we can aspire to an alternative vision

Willie James Jennings: By naming the foundational problems of theological education, we can aspire to an alternative vision

Image link to article: Korie Little Edwards: Multiracial churches don't challenge racism until they challenge white supremacy

Korie Little Edwards: Multiracial churches don't challenge racism until they challenge white supremacy

Image link to article: Jeffrey Myers and Eric Manning: A healing friendship in the aftermath of gun violence

Jeffrey Myers and Eric Manning: A healing friendship in the aftermath of gun violence

By Stephanie Hunt Journalist

Image link to article: Concealing the past doesn't undo it

Concealing the past doesn't undo it

By David L. Odom Executive director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

Image link to article: How can congregations help Black clergywomen flourish?

How can congregations help Black clergywomen flourish?

By Alexis Carter Thomas Writer and researcher

Image link to article: Luke A. Powery: Brutalizing Black bodies is an assault against God

Luke A. Powery: Brutalizing Black bodies is an assault against God

By Luke A. Powery Dean of Duke Chapel

Image link to article: Kelly Ryan: Baptism as sacramentally, essentially anti-racist

Kelly Ryan: Baptism as sacramentally, essentially anti-racist

By Kelly Ryan Communications Specialist, The Evaluation and Communications Project at the Center for Congregations

Image link to article: When your high school has a racist history

When your high school has a racist history

By Ellen Ann Fentress Writer

Image link to article: '400 years of tears' -- how three churches in the present are beginning to atone for the past

'400 years of tears' -- how three churches in the present are beginning to atone for the past

By Edie Gross Journalist

Image link to article: Robert Chao Romero: The brown church has been preaching justice for centuries

Robert Chao Romero: The brown church has been preaching justice for centuries

Image link to article: To my white sisters in Christ

To my white sisters in Christ

By Aleta Payne Senior editor, Faith & Leadership

Image link to article: William H. Lamar IV: It's not just the coronavirus -- bad theology is killing us

William H. Lamar IV: It's not just the coronavirus -- bad theology is killing us

By William H. Lamar IV Pastor, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church

Image link to article: Churches need to do the work of welcoming others and their stories

Churches need to do the work of welcoming others and their stories

By Kaitlin Curtice Author and speaker

Image link to article: Mother Emanuel five years later

Mother Emanuel five years later

By Stephanie Hunt Journalist

Image link to article: Kylon Middleton: Moving the needle of racial justice is exhausting, vital, ongoing work

Kylon Middleton: Moving the needle of racial justice is exhausting, vital, ongoing work

By Kylon Middleton Senior pastor, Mt. Zion AME, Charleston, South Carolina

Image link to article: Creating a diverse congregation requires more than diverse worship

Creating a diverse congregation requires more than diverse worship

By Angie Kay Hong Director of Educational Programs, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

Image link to article: A nonprofit works to 'green' the Black church

A nonprofit works to 'green' the Black church

By Yonat Shimron Journalist

Image link to article: An anti-racism program interrogates whiteness

An anti-racism program interrogates whiteness

By Cynthia R. Greenlee Journalist

Image link to article: Starsky Wilson: Find your Ferguson

Starsky Wilson: Find your Ferguson

Image link to article: Leah Gunning Francis: Leadership lessons at the intersection of faith and justice in Ferguson

Leah Gunning Francis: Leadership lessons at the intersection of faith and justice in Ferguson

By Leah Gunning Francis Vice president and dean, Christian Theological Seminary

Image link to article: Christian voices from Charlottesville

Christian voices from Charlottesville

Image link to article: Episode 10: Eric Barreto on why #Ferguson should be taught in seminary

Episode 10: Eric Barreto on why #Ferguson should be taught in seminary

Image link to article: Leah Gunning Francis: Don't look for another Martin Luther King -- look within

Leah Gunning Francis: Don't look for another Martin Luther King -- look within

By Leah Gunning Francis Vice president and dean, Christian Theological Seminary

Image link to article: Dominique D. Gilliard: Reclaiming the power of lament

Dominique D. Gilliard: Reclaiming the power of lament

By Dominique D. Gilliard Director of racial righteousness and reconciliation, Evangelical Christian Church

Image link to article: Natasha Jamison Gadson: After Charleston, what is the new normal for pastors, churches and Christian leaders?

Natasha Jamison Gadson: After Charleston, what is the new normal for pastors, churches and Christian leaders?

By Natasha Jamison Gadson Executive minister, Turner Memorial AME Church

Image link to article: William H. Lamar IV: Reject the myth of redemptive violence

William H. Lamar IV: Reject the myth of redemptive violence

Image link to article: Mark Charles: There must be real repentance for the Doctrine of Discovery

Mark Charles: There must be real repentance for the Doctrine of Discovery

Image link to article: Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: Reckoning with the racist history of American Christianity

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: Reckoning with the racist history of American Christianity

Image link to article: Drew G.I. Hart: Changing the way the church views racism

Drew G.I. Hart: Changing the way the church views racism

Image link to article: Carolyn B. Helsel: How can white Christians talk faithfully about racism?

Carolyn B. Helsel: How can white Christians talk faithfully about racism?

Image link to article: Derrick Weston: How can white allies help dismantle systemic racism?

Derrick Weston: How can white allies help dismantle systemic racism?

By Derrick Weston Minister, PCUSA

Image link to article: Greg Jarrell: What does it mean for clergy to 'stay in their lane'?

Greg Jarrell: What does it mean for clergy to 'stay in their lane'?

By Greg Jarrell Pastor and co-founder, QC Family Tree

Image link to article: M. Brandon Winstead: Three ways forward toward racial healing

M. Brandon Winstead: Three ways forward toward racial healing

By M. Brandon Winstead Director of student ministries, Killearn United Methodist Church

Image link to article: Joel Edward Goza: Our theological imagination has often impoverished our racial imagination

Joel Edward Goza: Our theological imagination has often impoverished our racial imagination

Image link to article: Chanequa Walker-Barnes: Black women change the conversation on reconciliation

Chanequa Walker-Barnes: Black women change the conversation on reconciliation

Image link to article: David Bailey: Christians and the work of reconciliation

David Bailey: Christians and the work of reconciliation

Image link to article: Velda Love: People want to be part of the conversation about race and equity

Velda Love: People want to be part of the conversation about race and equity

Image link to article: Adrian Miller: It takes more than race to have a successful dialogue about race

Adrian Miller: It takes more than race to have a successful dialogue about race

By Adrian Miller Executive director, Colorado Council of Churches

Image link to article: Jesse Jackson Sr. and Grace Ji-Sun Kim: Partnering in the global struggle for liberation

Jesse Jackson Sr. and Grace Ji-Sun Kim: Partnering in the global struggle for liberation

Image link to article: Claudia May: Reconciliation requires us to observe, practice and take seriously how Jesus lived on earth

Claudia May: Reconciliation requires us to observe, practice and take seriously how Jesus lived on earth

Image link to article: Episode 9: Yolanda Pierce on answering God's call to lead the Howard University School of Divinity

Episode 9: Yolanda Pierce on answering God's call to lead the Howard University School of Divinity

Image link to article: Proclaiming the liberation narrative of God through church art

Proclaiming the liberation narrative of God through church art

By Celeste Kennel-Shank Journalist

Image link to article: Songwriting internship empowers young Christians to write 'soundtrack of reconciliation'

Songwriting internship empowers young Christians to write 'soundtrack of reconciliation'

By Edie Gross Journalist

Image link to article: M. Keith Daniel: Pilgrimage as a path to personal and communal transformation

M. Keith Daniel: Pilgrimage as a path to personal and communal transformation

By M. Keith Daniel Christian Community Development practitioner and consultant

Image link to article: Baltimore mission program subverts the notion of church groups "fixing" or "saving" people

Baltimore mission program subverts the notion of church groups "fixing" or "saving" people

By Julie Scharper Journalist

Image link to article: Creators of a new musical pursue healing and reconciliation

Creators of a new musical pursue healing and reconciliation

By Katie Rosso Creative director, Paper Hat Design Company