One of the United Methodist Church’s regional conferences has taken up the call to replace the denomination’s logo because of its association for many with the racist imagery of a burning cross.
An Alabama pastor and Republican state representative has resigned from his church following controversy over his invocation at a birthday celebration for Nathan Bedford Forest, a Confederate Army general and the first Grand Wizard of ...
Church will also remove names of former pro-slavery pastors from buildings
Earlier this month, one of South Carolina’s flagship churches published a statement of contrition regarding its past over the issues of slavery and race.
The Best Religion Coverage This Week, Plus Bob The Tomato
The Best Religion Coverage This Week, Plus Bob The Tomato
The leadership at Moody Bible Institute has apologized for historical photos of students in blackface published in yearbooks from the 1970s and 1980s.
Black LU Alumni Calling for Resignation
Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. apologized yesterday as black alumni demanded his resignation for tweeting an offensive image as part of a jab at Democratic Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s social distancing policies.
The Southern Baptist Convention will not hold its annual meeting as it regularly does each June. But issues its members have long grappled with — including race, membership drops, and the roles of women — ...
The FBI released a warning last week about a potential surge in hate crimes against Asian Americans amid the spread of the novel coronavirus.
