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The United Methodist Church removed on Wednesday its longstanding ban on ordaining gay clergy, formalizing a shift in policy that had already begun in practice and that had prompted the departure of a quarter of its U.S. congregations in recent years. Methodist leaders are meeting for the first time since 2019 after several delays because […]
No woman had ever preached the keynote sermon at the Joint National Baptist Convention, a gathering of four historically Black Baptist denominations representing millions of people. That changed in January when the Rev. Gina Stewart took the convention stage in Memphis, Tennessee, — the Southern city home to Christ Missionary Baptist Church where she serves […]
No woman had ever preached the keynote sermon at the Joint National Baptist Convention, a gathering of four historically Black Baptist denominations representing millions of people. That changed in January when the Rev. Gina Stewart took the convention stage in Memphis, Tennessee, — the Southern city home to Christ Missionary Baptist Church where she serves […]
La Croix International takes a summer break during the month of August. And during this month we bring you the best and most relevant articles published during the year that you may have missed or would like to read again. First published on Feb. 13, 2023. —– “My sister-in-law always teases me: ‘Once a Catholic, always a […]
President Joe Biden headed to Michigan last week to boost his support with Black voters and hedge against the growing opposition that the White House’s staunch support for Israel has sparked with Muslims in the critical swing state. But some African American leaders now say they feel alienated after Biden failed to meet with more […]
President Joe Biden headed to Michigan last week to boost his support with Black voters and hedge against the growing opposition that the White House’s staunch support for Israel has sparked with Muslims in the critical swing state. But some African American leaders now say they feel alienated after Biden failed to meet with more […]
President Joe Biden headed to Michigan last week to boost his support with Black voters and hedge against growing opposition that the White House’s staunch support for Israel has sparked with Muslims in the critical swing state. But some African American leaders now say they feel alienated after Biden failed to meet with more leading […]
The bishops accused Israel of denying Palestinians “access to food, water, shelter, and health care” and said that “after this torture, they plan to murder them.” The African Methodist Episcopal Church’s top officials have called for the U.S. government to halt all its funding of Israel, citing the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinians […]
The Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church denounces the Israeli aggression on Gaza as “mass genocide”. Senior Bishop Adam J. Richardson Jr., left, speaks as Bishop Anne Byfield, President of the Council of Bishops, listens during a news conference at the African Methodist Episcopal Church conference, Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in […]
A Rhode Island man faces federal charges for allegedly setting several fires and damaging a church in what prosecutors called a “deliberate act.” “Multiple” fires were set around the exterior of the Shiloh Gospel Temple, a predominantly Black church in North Providence earlier this week, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of […]