Racial Reconciliation Sunday bulletin insert
Free, downloadable bulletin insert for use by your church on Racial Reconciliation Sunday. To see additional SBC event dates, visit sbc.net/calendar.
Continue...Free, downloadable bulletin insert for use by your church on Racial Reconciliation Sunday. To see additional SBC event dates, visit sbc.net/calendar.
Continue...The Bible was central to the thought, rhetoric, and development of the Civil Rights Movement. This was influenced by the essential role of Black churches and preachers in the organization of the movement. Not only was the movement characterized by meetings in churches and the singing of Negro spirituals, it was also marked by biblical …
Continue...Many people recognize the importance of racial unity, but don’t know how to achieve it. The Unify Project is a gospel-centered, ethnically diverse, racial reconciliation ministry designed to mobilize Southern Baptist pastors and leaders in unifying their communities. Co-chaired by two former presidents of the Southern Baptist Convention, Dr. Ed Litton and Dr. Fred Luter, …
Continue...In No Flesh Shall Glory: How the Bible Destroys the Foundations of Racism, civil rights leader Rev. C. Herbert Oliver provides sound biblical exposition of the foundational biblical truths concerning race, racism, and segregation and denounces historic Christian justifications for racism and segregation. This revised edition includes his 1964 essay, “The Church and Social Change,” …
Continue...“I wanted the world to see what they did to my baby.” – Mamie Till-Mobley Wrapped in a bronze-colored metal lattice, with a structure fashioned after the three-tiered crowns used in Yoruban art from West Africa, the National Museum of African-American History and Culture covers 5 acres on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. This …
Continue...Free, downloadable bulletin insert for use by your church on Racial Reconciliation Sunday. To see additional SBC event dates, visit sbc.net/calendar.
Continue...This weekend has been designated Racial Reconciliation Sunday by the Southern Baptist Convention. Here are five facts you should know about the SBC and its efforts to unify all races within the Kingdom of God. 1. In 1814, Baptist churches in the U.S. joined together to create the General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination. …
Continue...Free, downloadable bulletin insert for use by your church on Racial Reconciliation Sunday. To see additional SBC event dates, visit sbc.net/calendar.
Continue...Today, Americans will be celebrating Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery. Here are five facts you should know about the longest running African-American holiday. 1. On Sept. 22, 1862, in the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln announced that if the rebels did not end the fighting and rejoin …
Continue...The following is an extract by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson as part of her contribution to the new book Beautifully Distinct: Conversations with Friends on Faith, Life, and Culture. Racism and society I often compare racism to pollution. It is created by humans, it negatively impacts every one of us, and because it has been around for …
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