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Christians should mark recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action as a “setback in the goal of ending systemic racism,” writes United Methodist Bishop Julius C. Trimble.
A federal holiday observed on June 19, Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Black people in the U.S. The holiday offers an opportunity for people of faith to reflect on history and recommit to resisting evil, injustice and oppression.
Race, social justice and the role of the church in politics all played a role in the first Social Justice Pilgrimage, a day of visiting and learning about United Methodist-associated locales in Baltimore and Washington.
The Rev. Dr. William B. Lawrence embraces a controversial word and lays out the history of racism within Methodism in his new book “When the Church Woke.”
