Black women should treat the black church the same way they would treat a patriarchal, self-serving, preachy boyfriend, and let their feet do the talking. If they ever do, patriarchy and homophobia in black churches will fall by the way side.
Monique Ruffin | Posted 05.17.2012
Black people have a large gay community, many of whom are less and less willing to hide and deny who they are. Their confidence is challenging the black community to embrace and acknowledge what has largely been swept under the rug.
Byron Williams | Posted 05.15.2012
Will President Obama's support for same-gender marriage have repercussions within the African American community? Some African American pastors stated last week that their congregations would stay at home on Election Day.
Craig S. Keener | Posted 05.15.2012
Sometimes white people think that racism is a dead issue, because they do not experience it. Yet it is not wise to judge other people's experience based on our non-experience.
Dr. Faheem Younus | Posted 04.17.2012
Half a century ago, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. observed, "The most segregated hour of Christian America is 11 o'clock on Sunday morning?" Talk to your black friends. They still feel the curse.
Varun Soni | Posted 04.29.2012
During the 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles, the Rev. Dr. Cecil "Chip" Murray became a household name as the city's most visible and effective peacemaker. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with him to discuss the impact and legacy of the riots for South Los Angeles.
Marybeth Gasman | Posted 05.30.2012
Black colleges need Black churches. Through support of Black colleges, Black churches can make change at a much larger level. They can assist with the education of African Americans committed to social justice and positive change throughout the world.
Rev. John H. Vaughn | Posted 05.28.2012
There comes a point for many black Americans when the "isolated incidents" are no longer those, but symptoms of deeper expressions and manifestations of racism. The killing of Trayvon Martin comes as yet another "isolated incident."
Toni Newman | Posted 05.21.2012
I am an African-American transgender woman and will always be true to myself. I strongly disagree that I am out of the will of God. I believe that the truth I live in is a truth that God demands of us.
HuffingtonPost.com | Gene Demby | Posted 03.30.2012
The battle over voter I.D. laws -- which critics say disenfranchise the poor, the elderly and citizens of color -- has been fought in state houses, co...
Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.05.2012
A new report is highlighting the plight of a population who always seem to be ignored when African-American leaders begin debating issues pertaining to the community. The report gives a number of good solutions to this problem. I have a solution, too.
The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D. | Posted 04.22.2012
It is not easy, nor simple for churches to "preach brotherhood and make it a reality within its own body." But the church is the place and our faith is the source with which we may be instruments of change.
Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted 03.18.2012
There's nothing more awkward than to be the one southern black man in the room who says that he's not quite sure about Christianity. No one attacks you for asking questions, they just "pray" for you.
Minister Leslie Watson Malachi | Posted 03.17.2012
The Black Church has a history of championing for political, educational and economic rights not only for African Americans, but for all citizens. Forty-four years after the death of Dr. King, we must continue the fight.
Irene Monroe | Posted 03.16.2012
Each year, I mark the MLK holiday by reexamining King's teachings, remembering that my longing for LGBTQ justice is inextricably tied to my work toward religious tolerance in the black church. And this is why I continue to speak up.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 01.16.2012
When the Rev. Raphael G. Warnock steps up to the pulpit on Sunday, he'll face a crowd of thousands in a worship service that marks no religious holida...
HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 12.15.2011
Bishop T.D. Jakes often preaches at his Potter's House church in Dallas, Texas, from an iPad rather than from handwritten notes. The Abyssinian Bap...
Clay Farris Naff | Posted 02.01.2012
It is sadly ironic that Christianity has become a weapon against an African-American president and any nonconforming or freethinking African-American citizen.
Jarrett L. Carter | Posted 12.17.2011
The bond between black churches and historically black colleges and universities has broadly painted the rich history of the Black American experience. Now many HBCUs are losing the support of their affliated churches.
Rev. Roland Stringfellow | Posted 12.11.2011
The pastors who stand against the FAIR Education Act are creating wedges between clergy and their parishioners who are uncertain how to help young people who self-identify as LGBT.
Aaron Anson | Posted 12.07.2011
The very same Bible that whites used to defend slavery, blacks are now using to repress and ostracize gays. Our tendency to use religion as the basis to justify superiority by labeling others as inferior is irrational at best.
Catherine Meeks, Ph.D. | Posted 11.19.2011
Whenever whites and blacks build a bridge of love, respect and true appreciation for one another, it is a miracle. If the church cannot forge the path to racial reconciliation, it will not happen anywhere.
HuffingtonPost.com | Rebecca Carroll | Posted 11.03.2011
NEW YORK -- Outside the First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, a line starts forming at about 9 o’clock every Friday morning. Unattended shoppin...
The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 08.13.2011
Reverend Jeremiah Wright Jr., pastor emeritus of Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ whose controversial rhetoric and relationship to then-can...
Irene Monroe | Posted 08.08.2011
Because African Americans don't address the homophobic role some Black churches play in creating a "down-low" (DL) culture that both Bishop Eddie Long and Pastor Donnie McClurkin can tell their truths.
Cassandra Jackson | Posted 05.25.2012