Disciples have been showing up and standing up across the United States and Canada in reaction to a string of killings of Black Americans. Here are just a few of the photos and videos collected in late May and June 2020. We are also aware of rallies with a Disciples Public Presence in Charlotte and […]
Disciples News Service
July 4: An African-American perspective
By Rev. Dr. Timothy James, Administrative Secretary of the National Convocation “So, if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8: 36 (NRSV) Who would have thought the year 2020 would turn out to be the year it has been? I heard it said, “I want to send this year back, […]
#DOCjustsummer: Green Chalice
by Wendy Davidson, Disciples Peace Fellowship intern When I was little, my mom gave me a stuffed animal – a unicorn – that she carried with her from her own childhood. I cared for this unicorn deeply, but it was only as I grew older that I realized that my mother’s love for her childhood […]
GMP’s weekly video message
June 26, 2020: Rev. Terri Hord Owens thanks the Church for showing up for the Poor People’s Campaign and calls for continued action. She also invites us to join Disciples AllianceQ for a special worship service Sunday, June 28, where she will be speaking as well as a learning opportunity for white Christians Sunday afternoon […]
What’s next? Thinking theologically about the way forward
These Three Remain…Faith, Hope, and Love By Bruce A. Barkhauer A global pandemic. Civil unrest. A society divided. A church struggling to find its place. These seismic shifts make us feel like we are on shaky ground. Our familiar church lives have been disrupted. Many of us don’t know when we will be able to […]
#DOCjustsummer: Disciples AllianceQ
by Raphael Guillen, Disciples Peace Fellowship intern See opportunity for conversation below. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment […]
Disciples Home Missions names interim president
by Disciples Home Missions DHM will host a Welcome and Q&A Webinar with Rev. Spencer on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, at 1:00 pm ET. Register at https://www.discipleshomemissions.org/about-us/mission-statement/. The Board of Disciples Home Missions (DHM) is thrilled to announce the call of Rev. Sheila Spencer as DHM’s Interim President. Employed by DHM since 2008, Rev. Spencer has been serving as […]
