(ChurchLeaders) Leon McCray of Woodstock, Virginia is a military veteran, a property owner, a pastor, and an African American. Before June 1, 2020, the only marches he’d participated in were things like Promise Keeper’s 1997 gathering in Washington D.C. He used to think Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling during the national anthem implied a disrespect for the flag. That at all … [Read more...] about Black Pastor, Veteran Arrested After Being Assaulted on His Own Property
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In Historic Election, SBC Executive Committee Elects First African American Chair
(Baptist Press) The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee elected its first African American chair in a special called meeting Tuesday (June 16). Rolland Slade, pastor of Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, Calif., was unopposed as EC chair and was unanimously elected by ballot vote. Outgoing chair Mike Stone called for a ballot vote, he said, to mark the … [Read more...] about In Historic Election, SBC Executive Committee Elects First African American Chair
A Black Pastor Called 911 to Report He Was Being Assaulted — and the Police Arrested Him
(Relevant) A sheriff in Virginia has apologized to Pastor Leon K. McCray Sr. of Woodstock, Virginia for a horribly bungled incident that crystallizes many of the issues inflaming the country right now into a microcosm of racism and police injustice. According to McCray and as reported by the Washington Post, it all started in the tiny town of Edinburg, situated between the … [Read more...] about A Black Pastor Called 911 to Report He Was Being Assaulted — and the Police Arrested Him
Dave Dummitt Steps in as Senior Pastor of Willow Creek
(RNS) Dave Dummitt said “no” to Willow Creek Community Church twice. When the Chicago-area megachurch first reached out to him about stepping into the role of the senior pastor, Dummitt worried it was “not an environment that I felt like I could serve very well.” The church hadn’t had a full-time senior pastor in nearly two years, ever since founding pastor Bill Hybels … [Read more...] about Dave Dummitt Steps in as Senior Pastor of Willow Creek
Pastor Who Oversaw Anthony Moore’s “Restoration” Resigns from Cedarville Church
(JulieRoys.com) The pastor who oversaw the “restoration process” of admitted voyeur and former Cedarville University professor, Dr. Anthony Moore, has resigned. In a letter to members this week, the elders of Grace Baptist Church in Cedarville, Ohio, announced that Pastor Craig Miller had resigned as lead pastor effective on June 19. Pastor Miller came under fire this … [Read more...] about Pastor Who Oversaw Anthony Moore’s “Restoration” Resigns from Cedarville Church