Posts in category Church

The curtain still stands; the wall of hostility remains; tradition still separates. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said: We must face the sad …

Jemar & Phillip sit down with pastor Doug Logan to discuss his experience planting a church in Camden, New Jersey, one of the worst cities …

Jemar & Phillip are joined by Cameron Triggs as they discuss the impact of the black church. Join them! Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. Credit: Pass The Mic …

“Why doesn’t someone plant a church in a mobile home park?” One noted theologian (https://twitter.com/drantbradley) has often made this challenge to evangelical leaders and denominations …

Scriptural evidence overwhelmingly suggests that there are intentional and distinct areas of continuity between Old Covenant and New Covenant (OC and NC) believers. These areas …

I never heard the term “church planting” growing up in Black churches. It wasn’t until I got involved in White evangelical circles that I heard …

When you hear “church membership,” what word comes to mind? Perhaps, “enigma”? After all, there is no commandment that says “thou shall be a member …

All Christians are involved in foreign missions. You are either a “goer” or a “sender”. At the inaugural Cross Conference in Louisville, Kentucky on December 27-30, …

I am only six months into planting a multi-ethnic church. What a journey! We have yet to begin our regular meetings and already I see …

Leaving a black church and entering into the world of a predominately white reformed church is a hard transition as a black person. Pride, bitterness …

Many preachers of Los Angeles, New York, and every city in between are proclaiming what has come to be known as “the prosperity gospel.” The …

American Christians have a tendency to see their own denomination, local church, association of partner churches, and so on, as “the church.” With this reduction comes …

Pastor H.B. Charles Jr. challenges the “office” of Armor Bearer in a recent article. He writes: He picked me up from the airport. We headed …

by Dr. Anthony Bradley I’m returning to a question I asked last summer but with a slightly different angle. Last summer, I asked what happened …

Since 2002, Jim Ward has been the Director of Music at New City Fellowship, a Reformed, multicultural congregation in Chattanooga Tennessee. Ward is a highly …

Last week, Huffington Post contributor Yvette Carnell published “Why Black Liberals Need to Take Back [The] Black Agenda From The Black Church.” In it, the …

How do you respond when you are racially profiled? Maybe this has never happened to you, but it happens to me all the time. The …

by Jemar Tisby A racially and ethnically diverse assembly has always been part of God’s plan for redemption. Amid the excitement about diversity, Christians must …

Recently, John Frame’s page on Facebook posted this question; Why are there so few African-Americans and Latinos in the PCA? Or in any Reformed church, …

Many of you have read the Jemar Tisby’s post “African Americans and ‘Big God’ Theology”, but have you heard the sermon that inspired it? Check …