In September of 1993 I first heard about Re-Imagining. A member of our Dallas Clergywomen’s group talked with excitement about her plans to attend the first Re-Imagining Conference scheduled for that November in Minneapolis. I liked the name “Re-Imagining” and the purpose of the conference—to explore theology from women’s experience. But I didn’t have the […]

Among the inspiring presentations at the Alliance of Baptists Gathering was “Mobilizing Faith Communities,” led by panelists Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, president of Repairers of the Breach and pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church, Goldsboro, North Carolina; Rev. Dr. Nancy E. Petty, board chair of Repairers of the Breach and pastor of Pullen Memorial Baptist […]

  Many thanks to Dr. Robert Cornwall, pastor of Central Woodward Christian Church in Troy, Michigan, for this review of Intercultural Ministry. Most churches in North America, including my own, are mono-cultural. We are evidence of Martin Luther King’s observation that eleven o’clock on Sunday morning is the most segregated hour of the week. Many […]

It’s been my joy to collaborate for 15 years with composer Larry E. Schultz, Minister of Music at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, on music that names Deity as female and male and more to support the foundational biblical truth that all people are created equally in the divine image (Genesis 1:27). […]

This video comes as a gift for your Easter celebrations. In the midst of deep suffering around the world, this video invites hope of healing, resurrection, and new life. Rev. Larry E. Schultz conducts the Chancel Choir of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, in singing “Rise Up, O People, Proclaim Christ-Sophia Has Risen” […]