Presbyterian Mission Agency black church Archives

Mother knows best

Posted January 27th, 2022

Saying that “love leads to justice,” the Rev. Dr. Ralph B. Watkins said his mother always told him that “God is on the side of justice.”

Johnson C. Smith Seminary opens registration for 2022 Drum Major for Justice cohorts

Posted November 5th, 2021

Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary has opened registration for two new cohorts in its signature Drum Major for Justice Certificate Program. Applicants may visit the seminary’s website, jcsts.org, for more information and to register.

Hymns from the heart of the Black church

Posted October 11th, 2021

LOUISVILLE — Whenever the Rev. Carlton Johnson talks about hymns from the heart of the Black church, he feels a responsibility to carry on the tradition of his ancestors. For their hymns are, as W.E.B. Du Bois observed, “the most original and beautiful expression of human life and longing born on American soil.”

‘A call-and-response opportunity for everybody’

Posted August 23rd, 2021

The Rev. Aisha Brooks-Lytle enjoys nothing more than cheering on the Herculean online worship efforts being made each week during the pandemic by churches of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta where she is the executive presbyter.