by Jerrod Hugenot | Dec 28, 2017 | Opinion
If we were to slip back just over a century ago, we would find a certain Baptist just gaining prominence as well as controversy: Walter Rauschenbusch. It is fitting that we gather in April 2018 for a conference to remember such a significant theologian. Recalling...
by Jerrod Hugenot | Apr 13, 2017 | Opinion
The Gospel of Matthew tells two stories that juxtapose the responses of those who look upon the death of Jesus and those who will see the resurrected Christ. The Roman guards are terrified twice over: at Christ’s death and at the angel’s announcement of...
by Jerrod Hugenot | Mar 31, 2017 | Opinion
A fountain in Washington Park in Albany, New York, offers insight and perspective for local churches. When I first visited, I noticed the beautiful statuary all around the fountain’s center. From a distance, I wondered if it was Poseidon with his trident...
by Jerrod Hugenot | Feb 28, 2017 | Opinion
The Abyssinian Baptist Church surely is among the great congregations to rise up and minister to the urban multitudes in the history of New York City churches. Among their past ministers, Adam Clayton Powell Sr. is among the most visionary. He led the church to move...
by Jerrod Hugenot | Dec 16, 2016 | Opinion
A lay leader called with a problem I suspect some church leaders are also wrestling with: a likely low attendance on the last Sunday of the year – Christmas Day, Dec. 25. He asked for some ideas about a “Lessons and Carols” service as a way to have...
