by Bob | Jul 11, 2008 | African American, African American Christianity, African American Church, Barack Obama, Obama
Guest Blogger: Pastor Eric RedmondHow Can Any Christian African American Vote for Obama?:Throwing the Race Card on an All Black TableToday, with his permission, I re-post a blog originally written by Pastor Eric Redmond. Eric is a brother in Christ, an Evangelical...
by Bob | Jun 8, 2008 | African American Church, Barack Obama, Women's Studies
A Voice for the VoicelessErin Haines (an African American reporter for the AP who has covered race and civil rights since 2005) published an intriguing article this Friday on Barack Obama and American culture. She accurately, I think, noted that, “Obama’s candidacy is...
by Bob | Jan 19, 2008 | African American Christianity, African American Church, Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King Jr
Richard Allen and Absalom Jones:The Martin Luther King, Jr. of Their DayMartin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) was, of course, one of the main leaders of the American Civil Rights movement. What is lesser known today is King’s training and ministry as a Baptist pastor....
by Bob | Nov 28, 2007 | African American Church, slave Spirituals, Spirituals
African American Spirituals: Telling the Rest of the Story[i] To appreciate the meaning, message, and mutual ministry of the slave spirituals, it is vital to understand how and why they were composed. Carey Davenport, a retired Black Methodist minister from Texas, had...
by Bob | Nov 27, 2007 | African American Church, Black Church History, Black History Month, Maria Stewart
Maria Stewart: A Voice for the Voiceless[i]In September 1832, in Boston, Massachusetts, Maria Stewart (1803-1879) did something that no American-born woman of any race before her undertook. She mounted a lecture platform and raised a political argument before an...
by Bob | Nov 25, 2007 | African American, African American Church, Biblical Counseling, Black Church History
African Americans and Biblical CounselingI’ve been reflecting a lot lately on African Americans and biblical counseling. Leaders in various biblical counseling movements lament the low percentage of African Americans attending their conferences.Why? I think my study...
