By Brandt L. Montgomery
Booker T. Washington reportedly said, “If a black man is anything but a Baptist or a Methodist, someone has been tampering...
Though the number of black Episcopalians has and continues to be low, they have remained a faithful presence within the greater American Anglican tradition.
Bishop Baskerville-Burrows and Jordan Edwards represent the two realities of being black in America. There's no better time to be black, and a shadow hovers over our achievement.
If we remain a tradition that only speaks to certain subsections of American culture, then we have fallen short of our gospel mandate to reach all people.