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Luter, Litton discuss racial unity, Unify Project on webcast

February 10, 2023

In order to achieve “authentic” racial unity across the Southern Baptist Convention, pastors need to be willing to have honest — and sometimes difficult —

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Study: Nearly half of churchgoers desire more diversity in their church

February 8, 2023

Although pastors are doing more to encourage racial reconciliation, and churchgoers say their church is doing enough to be ethnically diverse, nearly half of churchgoers

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First Person: Martin Luther King Jr. and the power of God’s Word

January 16, 2023

On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Though it was not his first speech on racial

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The Unify Project: New initiative seeks ‘hope and healing’ on racial reconciliation

June 15, 2022

It’s time for the Church to show a better way forward on racial reconciliation, and a new initiative seeks to equip Southern Baptists for the

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Achieving the dream: ‘We gotta talk to each other’

January 17, 2022

(This story was posted on Jan. 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.) Sam pointed across the road to the spot about 50 yards away where

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‘Kingdom race theology’ needed in divided U.S., Evans says

November 9, 2021

God created racial differences in the church as a vehicle to establish His purposes, says pastor and author Tony Evans. But Christians of all races

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Shrink the Divide draws multiracial audience, features ongoing efforts

October 9, 2021

The fourth annual Shrink the Divide event took place Oct. 3 in Mobile, Alabama. The gathering is sponsored by The Pledge Group, which encompasses Mobile-area

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