By Kirk Petersen It's been called the worst race massacre in American history. Beginning on the evening of May 31, 1921, mobs of white residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma, rampaged through a relatively affluent Black neighborhood, torching more than 35 square blocks of the Greenwood District, sometimes known as Black Wall Street. Some of the white rioters were armed and … [Read more...] about Oklahoma Diocese Supports A.M.E. Food Ministry
Archives for December 2, 2020
People & Places: December 2, 2020
Appointments The Rev. Clarence B. Baker is priest in charge of Trinity, Pine Bluff, Ark. The Rev. William Baker is priest in charge of Ascension, Staten Island, N.Y. The Rev. Dn. Mike Ballard is deacon of Redeemer, Mobile, Ala. The Rev. Ann Barker is rector of St. Joseph’s, McDonough, Ga. The Rev. JD Barnes is rector of Emmanuel, Rapid City, S.D. The Rev. … [Read more...] about People & Places: December 2, 2020
The Power at Work
By Jane Williams A Reading from 1 Thessalonians 2:13-2013 We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is, God’s word, which is also at work in you believers. 14For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that … [Read more...] about The Power at Work