(RNS) Not long ago, I visited Topeka, Kan., to teach at one of those grand old mainline churches that got caught in the aftermath of Brown v. Board of Education. It was around… read more

The good news is that the number of women and racial-ethnic clergy in the U.S. United Methodist Church nearly doubled between 1997 and 2008. The challenge: Women are far less… read more

Many consider Carter G. Woodson the father of Black History. As a black historian writing in the early decades of the twentieth century, Woodson was instrumental in establishing… read more