Scottish Episcopal Church’s new empowerment coordinator enhances Net Zero team
Episcopal parishes, dioceses to commemorate the life and work of Absalom Jones, the church’s first Black priest
A beginner’s guide to General Conference
Welcome to Our New General Secretary Rev. Dr. Gina Jacobs-Strain
The ABCUSA Office of the General Secretary welcomes Rev. Dr. Gina Jacobs-Strain as the next General Secretary of American Baptist Churches USA! Dr. Jacobs-Strain was called as General Secretary of American Baptist Churches USA by the Board of General Ministries on November 4, 2023, and her service in this role begins today, on February 1, […]
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‘Creating a Culture of Repair’ from the PC(USA)’s Westminster John Knox Press will be available in April
February 1, 2024
It is possible to move from feeling powerless to repair the harm done to Black Americans toward being empowered to make personal and societal changes.
APCE Annual Event includes an animal-themed workshop
February 1, 2024
Thom Cunningham, whom APCE honored last week as its ENRICH Educator of the Year, led a workshop during APCE’s Annual Event he called “Elephants, Ostriches and Cows — Oh My!”
Shelton Bishop Waters and the African American Leaders Series
First African Presbyterian Church pastor and Presbytery of Philadelphia moderator featured during Black History Month
February 1, 2024
David Staniunas and Kristen Gaydos | Presbyterian Historical Society
PHILADELPHIA
“They had never been in a situation like that, to have a confrontation. They became my fast friends.”
A lunchtime gathering of ministers from the Presbytery of Philadelphia had just been denied a table at the Union League. The white ministers of the group, affronted, asked for explanations. Their Black colleague, the Rev. Dr. Shelton Bishop Waters, pastor of First African Presbyterian Church, spoke up: “The problem is me.” The men walked across the street to a five and dime lunch counter and conducted their business.