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The burden of healing when forgiveness becomes political
More than a decade after the massacre at Emanuel AME Church, a pastor reflects on what is required for true forgiveness to occur.
Link to author Byron L. Benton
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Byron L. Benton
Senior pastor, Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church
How can the Black church combat the erasure of Black history?
The current threats to Black historical memory should serve as a call for Christian leaders to preserve, celebrate and commemorate Black history, says a pastor of a historic church.
Link to author Kenneth Young
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Kenneth Young
Pastor and director of external relationships, Massachusetts Council of Churches
Building resilient neighborhoods
A faith-based community development program in Pittsburgh works to heal the traumas of local residents and create sustainable change. Meanwhile, it’s coping with federal funding cuts amid growing demand for its services.
A new documentary focuses on a Civil Rights era journalist and the truth he helped share
Bill Minor’s reporting was important to the movement for civil rights in Mississippi and the nation. His vocation was informed and sustained by his faith, a documentarian writes.
Link to author Ellen Ann Fentress
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Ellen Ann Fentress
Writer
At an Indigenous center, the lessons are a way of life
The Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice hosts retreats, sells seeds and cultivates a farm, all in the name of reorienting relationships through Indigenous traditions and thought.
Link to author Cheston Knapp
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Cheston Knapp
Writer
Stations of Reparations honor Black church history
The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey pauses annually during Lent to reflect on the effect of systemic racism on its Black parishes. Along with acknowledging its own history, the diocese has worked for reparations at the state level with religious and secular organizations.
Link to author Annette John-Hall
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Annette John-Hall
Journalist
Justice Theater Project encourages community conversation and engagement through its performances
For more than two decades, a secular theater company has partnered with Raleigh, North Carolina, churches to offer programing with distinctly justice-focused themes.
Link to author Yonat Shimron
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Yonat Shimron
Journalist
The North Carolina Council of Churches celebrates its history and looks forward
The North Carolina Council of Churches turned 90 this year. Its executive director describes the importance of its work for God’s justice.
Relationships make a difference even in the hardest times
History reminds us of the importance of relationships, especially when our humanity is threatened.
Link to author Emma Akpan
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Emma Akpan
Writer
Where do we go from here? One approach to help white Christian workplaces become more inclusive
The unfreeze, change, freeze model, developed in the 1940s, is a practical way for predominantly white workplaces to embrace and implement cultural change.
Link to author Kenneth Young
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Kenneth Young
Pastor and director of external relationships, Massachusetts Council of Churches
