Black Protestants Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/faith/christianity/protestant/black-protestants/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:14:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Black Protestants Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/faith/christianity/protestant/black-protestants/ 32 32 Center honoring trailblazing lawyer, civil rights activist and priest opens in Durham https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:58:45 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165275 (RNS) — Known as the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice, the refurbished two-story clapboard home will further the kind of progressive social causes Murray, who died in 1985, championed.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/feed/ 0 National Baptists choose Connecticut pastor Boise Kimber as next president https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:18:50 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165165 (RNS) — Disqualified challengers hoped sufficient ‘no’ votes would cause the election process to restart.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/feed/ 0 National Baptists hear their outgoing president and Ketanji Brown Jackson as meeting ends https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/national-baptists-hear-their-outgoing-president-and-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-meeting-ends/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/national-baptists-hear-their-outgoing-president-and-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-meeting-ends/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 22:52:53 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165108 (RNS) — Jackson described how faith, especially instilled by her now late grandmother, had undergirded her personal and professional life.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/national-baptists-hear-their-outgoing-president-and-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-meeting-ends/feed/ 0 National Baptists hold annual meeting as leadership questions continue https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/national-baptists-hold-annual-meeting-as-leadership-questions-continue/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/national-baptists-hold-annual-meeting-as-leadership-questions-continue/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 21:41:29 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164639 BALTIMORE (RNS) — The Rev. Jerry Young, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, has been president for two five-year terms and cannot run for a consecutive third term.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/national-baptists-hold-annual-meeting-as-leadership-questions-continue/feed/ 0 The Black church has moved from essential to voluntary, says author Jason Shelton https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/the-black-church-has-moved-from-essential-to-voluntary-says-author-jason-shelton/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/the-black-church-has-moved-from-essential-to-voluntary-says-author-jason-shelton/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:14:22 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164204 (RNS) — ‘Is the Black church dead? I think it really varies depending on which traditions we’re talking about,’ said Shelton, a sociologist at the University of Texas at Arlington.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/the-black-church-has-moved-from-essential-to-voluntary-says-author-jason-shelton/feed/ 0 Montgomery County, Maryland, was most religiously diverse US county in 2023 https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/montgomery-county-maryland-was-most-religiously-diverse-u-s-county-in-2023/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/montgomery-county-maryland-was-most-religiously-diverse-u-s-county-in-2023/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2024 21:58:26 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164319 (RNS) — Beyond the religiously unaffiliated, which represent slightly less than 2 in 10 (17.8%) residents, the largest religious group in the county was Black Protestants, who make up 10% of the population. 

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/30/montgomery-county-maryland-was-most-religiously-diverse-u-s-county-in-2023/feed/ 0 AME Church delegates name six new bishops while retaining same-sex marriage ban https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/ame-church-picks-six-new-bishops-retains-same-sex-marriage-ban-mulls-retirement-funds/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/ame-church-picks-six-new-bishops-retains-same-sex-marriage-ban-mulls-retirement-funds/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 22:40:46 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164023 (RNS) — In a joint address, AME bishops called for the creation of ‘accountability measures for every elected and appointed leader within our church.’

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/ame-church-picks-six-new-bishops-retains-same-sex-marriage-ban-mulls-retirement-funds/feed/ 0 Harris-Walz campaign hires the Rev. Jen Butler, longtime activist, to lead faith outreach https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/harris-walz-campaign-hires-rev-jen-butler-longtime-religious-advocate-to-lead-faith-outreach/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/harris-walz-campaign-hires-rev-jen-butler-longtime-religious-advocate-to-lead-faith-outreach/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:42:41 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163975 (RNS) — A familiar face among Washington’s faith-based activists, Butler said she brings ‘a broad set of relationships that I think can help, very quickly, pull a broad coalition together’ in a foreshortened Harris campaign.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/28/harris-walz-campaign-hires-rev-jen-butler-longtime-religious-advocate-to-lead-faith-outreach/feed/ 0 In the face of Palestinian suffering, interfaith groups offer a protective presence https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/in-the-face-of-palestinian-suffering-interfaith-groups-offer-a-protective-presence/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/in-the-face-of-palestinian-suffering-interfaith-groups-offer-a-protective-presence/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:36:11 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163826 (RNS) — An interfaith delegation to Israel aims to provide support and accompaniment to Palestinians facing home demolitions, dislocation and violence from West Bank settlers.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/27/in-the-face-of-palestinian-suffering-interfaith-groups-offer-a-protective-presence/feed/ 0 AME Church announces retirement settlement agreement during General Conference https://religionnews.com/2024/08/26/ame-church-announces-retirement-settlement-agreement-during-general-conference/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/26/ame-church-announces-retirement-settlement-agreement-during-general-conference/#respond Mon, 26 Aug 2024 23:07:46 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4163712 (RNS) — ‘Church employees who served their community for years deserve the retirement funds they were promised,’ responded a lawyer involved in the litigation.

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