by Curtis Ramsey-Lucas | Oct 22, 2019 | Opinion
“Sisters and brothers” – it’s a widely used address in local churches that some pastors are now questioning. In a recent Facebook group post, Kathy Donley, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Albany, New York, asked for alternative ways to address her congregation....
by Curtis Ramsey-Lucas | Oct 31, 2018 | Opinion
The Oct. 27 mass shooting during services at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh confronts us with the human capacity for evil, and with our complicity in failing to address adequately the rise of anti-Semitism in our society. According to the Anti-Defamation...
by Curtis Ramsey-Lucas | Jul 13, 2018 | News
Responding to the U.S. government’s current practice of separating migrant children from their parents, the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) General Council, meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, on July 2-6, 2018, adopted a resolution urging all governments “to follow...
by Curtis Ramsey-Lucas | Jun 12, 2018 | Opinion
On April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Sen. Robert F. Kennedy spoke at the City Club of Cleveland. Kennedy’s speech on the “mindless menace of violence” continues to resonate. Less than 24 hours earlier, Kennedy...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | May 30, 2018 | News
Curtis Ramsey-Lucas is editor of The Christian Citizen, a publication of American Baptist Home Mission Societies. 1. Where did you grow up? Easton, Connecticut. 2. What is your favorite verse, book or story in the Bible? Why? 1 Corinthians 13. The vanity of all things...
