by Starlette Thomas | Oct 17, 2022 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
Following Jesus can result in you getting kicked out of a church. It’s an experience that both Clarence Jordan and I have in common. Ironically, American discipleship doesn’t come with that warning or many examples. I would offer more details of my experience with a...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 22, 2022 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
Baptism offers a radical theology of liberation. A reenactment of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, it is an entry point into Christian faith and an exit strategy from the hierarchical and power-driven identities of race, class and gender. Baptism is a process of...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 15, 2022 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
“I need you to help me.” A European American woman said this to me while I was facilitating a dialogue on race and baptismal identity. It completely changed the conversation for me. Because conversations about race and its progeny are communal and deeply personal —...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 8, 2022 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
It’s someone’s 200th birthday! But how do you celebrate an icon, an embodiment of freedom? The answer is, “All year long.” A nine-foot statue of the trailblazer was unveiled at the start of the year. Harriet Tubman – The Journey to Freedom sculpture by Wesley Wofford...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 1, 2022 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
Before Christianity became a part of American industry, before persons had to assemble in a building to be identified as Christian and mass produced as members, Jesus’ followers were a body of believers. Members of each other, too many North American Christians aren’t...
by Starlette Thomas | Jul 14, 2022 | Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
The Baptist World Alliance held its first hybrid annual gathering in Birmingham, Alabama, this week, taking on the issue of race as an institution. Not a theme or thread of the meeting, Christian believers gathered from around the world to talk about justice, but not...
