US evangelical group gets racial history tour to spark work toward racial unity
Washington DC, US RNS For missionary Doug Gentile, it was seeing the “shackles for tiny children” used during American slavery. For seminary professor Darrell Bock, it was confronting the specificity of the list of “Black codes” that restricted the lives of Black people after slavery ended – mandates in many states, for instance, that they […]
Stories of racism permeate ‘Let’s Talk’ evangelical reconciliation kickoff event in the US
Washington DC, US RNS Hundreds of evangelical Christians gathered in person at the Museum of the Bible and online across the country on Wednesday to listen to stories of racism, as clergy urged participation in a new initiative for racial unity. Bishop Kenneth Ulmer of California recalled how just a couple of years ago, when he […]