Sentences with phrase «of black congregations»
Certainly I present no theological objections to blacks» becoming members of white churches or to whites» becoming members of black congregations.
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The murderer on - the - run preacher in The Apostle who founds a church where class and status make no difference, a congregation of displaced misfits who are poor and poorer, dumb and dumber, black and white, male and female, and fatter and fatter still, is telling people who need to hear (because they can't read) what they most need to know to turn their lives around: They can be saved, despite it all, if they believe in Jesus and «Holy Ghost power.»
The reaction of black pastors to the president's support for gay marriage has been as varied as their congregations, ranging from condemnation to congratulations.
Honestly, I couldn't see the majority of a Baptist congregation (especially Southern Baptist) lobbying to ban a black couple from getting married in the sanctuary.
Washington (CNN)- The scene at a Mormon congregation here on a recent Sunday would surprise Americans who think of Mormons as young white missionaries in stiff white shirts, black ties and name tags.
Most of the hearers were from small, poor, southern black congregations, but they were a people on the move.
Black theology's rootage in the tradition of that other great protest, schism, and reformation which produced the racially separate African - American congregations determines that it is not at all committed to that predominantly white - Western theological tradition which Hartshorne calls «classical theism.»
Fourth, each black congregation should assess the needs of its constituents within a certain radius of the church.
He's the kind of Christian that attends racist, anti-anglo saxon congregations then runs away with his little black tail between his legs (like a lib).
Some early black congregations began as benevolent societies, and all of them were concerned for the welfare of the sick, the widowed and the orphaned.
The first agenda of early black American congregations and then of emergent denominations included (1) the proclamation of the gospel, (2) benevolences, (3) education and, by the mid-19th century, (4) foreign missions.
An example of enforced belief that was promulgated and commonly accepted by Christian denominations when I was a child was the requirement that a congregation not include both black and white people.
«Because of the fact that we were black, some of the members of the congregation had got upset and decided that no black couple would ever be married at that church,» Charles Wilson told CNN on Sunday night.
It has been my ongoing involvement — as a pastor serving first a black congregation, then a Hispanic one, and now a largely West Indian and Haitian congregation — with the lives of inner - city families that has forced me to change the direction of my efforts as a public official.
A large segment of Rhema's congregation, for example, lives in the black townships of Soweto and Alexandra.
The stance of Christ on diversity is obviously all encompassing, but to act as if «black» congregations that exclude others do not exist, is absurd.
I've sat in churches and heard people talking about the strength of black women, and I'm looking at the congregation and I'm thinking, «I don't know if I see strength.»
With a congregation of 800 with a church that's been around for 150 years, guess what??? I'm certain there have been black couples marrying within the church without a problem.
The sermon is uninspiring, the congregation is asleep, but suddenly the poet catches a glimpse of something beyond the ordinary, flat experience of worship in a «place [in which] the Good News... dropped down some black hole.»
I'm black and my wife is white... we were denied marriage (maybe discouraged is a better choice of words) in a rural all white church because the pastor basically knew his congregation would have a problem with it, though he did not.
Bishop Harry Jackson, pastor of a large, charismatic congregation in Maryland, is one of the leading voices in black religious conservatives.
As might be expected in a society in which white Anglo - Saxon Protestants are slow to recognize their own ethnicity, the first, and still the best, ethnographies of congregations are Samuel Heilman's study of an orthodox synagogue and Melvin Williams's description of a black Pentecostal church.71 Heilman and Williams conclusively demonstrate the power of even small, marginal congregations to generate among themselves a rich symbolic communication that gives each its meaning and cohesion.
Jerry Falwell believed the Bible supported segregation in the church until a black shoeshine man asked him, «When will someone like me be allowed to become a member of your congregation?»
«Project Understanding» was a two - year effort by teams of theological students, laymen, and clergymen to devise methods for reducing White racism in suburban congregations.4 The training of participants included plunges into the inner city and encounters with Black and Brown rage.
Washington (CNN)- Addressing his large, mostly black congregation on Sunday morning, the Rev. Wallace Charles Smith did not mince words about where he stood on President Barack Obama's newly announced support for same - sex marriage: The church is against it, he said, prompting shouts of «Amen!»
Thirty children from a black Baptist church in San Francisco showed up at the hospital to sing carols for Clover and other people with AIDS (commonly referred to as PWAs) In the ensuing months he was able to bring together the congregations of Double Rock Baptist Church, which condemns homosexuality as a sin, and MCC - SF, which preaches that homosexuality is a gift from God.
White men must be made to realize that the black church is the instrument of God in this world, not just a group of nigger churchgoers who are separated unto themselves until the good graces of white men call them back into fellowship with white congregations.
Integration is not the issue, because integration requires only that whites be tolerant when blacks become a part of their congregations (or vice versa, should such an unlikely thing ever happen).
Church member Casey Kitchens said she and other members of the congregation are outraged by the church's refusal to marry a black couple, a decision she says most of the congregation knew nothing about.
It is true that after the founding of the black church community, blacks were barred from white congregations.
As is well known today (at least in the academic circles of the black church), Richard Allen is commonly considered the father of the black church because of his refusal to be a member of a congregation where white Christians were making the house of God an instrument in the dehumanization of black people.
of the area in which they exist, in part because members of black Baptist congregations agreed through EBC to come to Catholic churches to teach stewardship.
That action split the historically black church, prompting half of the congregation to leave.
While thanking the congregation at Mount Neboh Baptist Church, a predominantly black church in Harlem, for the invitation to speak yesterday, Cuomo made fun of the «rhythm — or lack thereof — of «our Jewish brothers and sisters.»
I remember the story of the roadside Mosque in one settlement in which a black plastic bag was noticed by the congregation as the Imam led in prayer.
Fortunately for Grisanti, black congregations will not have much of a chance to register their disapproval in November.
At the lectern, Mr. de Blasio told the church's black congregation about the launch of his universal pre-kindergarten plan and signing of a new executive order mandating higher wages at city - subsidized companies — peppering his speech with religious references, criticisms of the stop - and - frisk policing policy and expressions of sympathy for President Barack Obama and his struggles with the Republican - dominated Congress.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan urged the congregation inside St. Patrick's Cathedral to pray for both the African - American and law - enforcement communities following the fatal shootings of two black men and five police officers last week.
Dennis M. Walcott spoke to the congregation at the Church of the Open Door in Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn, on Sunday, days after being named Cathleen P. Black's successor as schools chancellor.
Not long after it became clear that Cynthia Nixon would challenge Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the Rev. Clinton Miller, who leads a mostly black, 1,200 - member congregation in Brooklyn, received a call from a close associate of Mr. Cuomo's asking if the governor could speak at his church.
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He says to a black congregation ``... if you can't cut down on malt liquor and chicken wings and get behind someone other than a running back who stabs his wife, you're never gonna get rid of me.»)
Remember that scene in The Blues Brothers where Jake Blues catches the Holy Ghost while watching James Brown lead a leaping, flying congregation of black folks in a gospel blowout?That's the spirit — the soul — of Dreamgirls, Bill Condon's film adaptation of the long - running Broadway musical.
Men in black watch Sharon from the windows above a she travels down what I assume is Nathan Ave.. These guys could be members of the cult who may have kept Sharon and her father on the run (if this follows the cult plot of Silent Hill 3)... or just leftovers from Christabella's congregation in the first movie.
In a peculiar casting choice, Lee has the actor playing a community priest spouting facts to his congregation about per - capita income disparity, the prison industrial complex («mass incarceration is the new Jim Crow,» he spits into a microphone) and a brief overview of black history and oppression.
As the closing credits rolled, Stevie Wonder brought the congregation to its feet with a spirited rendition of his classic «Black Man,» revising the lyrics to include a timely refrain about who else but Barack Obama!
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They were all wearing black, including their helmets and bulletproof vests, and carried automatic assault rifles as well as sidearms, which many of them aimed at the congregation.
This pattern, argue many in the black community, has been the case for centuries, with women forming the majority of the congregation (66 - 88 %) and only males being in positions of authority.