Racism-induced trauma creates hopelessness in Black communities, scholars say

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Racism-induced trauma creates hopelessness in Black communities, scholars say

As he consults with Black congregations, Black church scholar Lewis Brogdon often advises them to prioritize adding a mental health professional to their staffs.

Conservative Baptist Network launches attack on James Merritt for saying something nice about his son

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Conservative Baptist Network launches attack on James Merritt for saying something nice about his son

One of the groups aiming to take the Southern Baptist Convention in a more conservative direction continues to sound the alarm about liberalism in the nation’s largest non-Catholic Christian denomination and now has attacked one of the icons of the last “conservative resurgence” in the SBC because his son is gay.

This progressive church reviewed its history and discovered it hadn’t ‘shown up’ very often on racial issues

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This progressive church reviewed its history and discovered it hadn’t ‘shown up’ very often on racial issues

Anyone entering the sanctuary of Highland Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., for the first time will inevitably leave talking one thing above all — the beauty of the stained-glass windows on all sides of the English Gothic-style worship space.