A B’more Human Series presentation from the The Dismantling Racism Team and the In the Loop Ministry Group: Vital Black Congregations, Vital Black Clergy and Matthew 25 Monday, November 20th 6:30 – 8:00 pm Online REGISTER 2023 Mid-Atlantic Synod Assembly Delegates will share their learnings and experiences about: + The state of Black Churches Black […]
Black History Month – This Month, Every Month, All Year
“February is Black History Month, a time dedicated to celebrating and amplifying the essential contributions of Black people in the story of America, which so often get overlooked and under-recognized. National and local events and online celebrations will take place throughout the month to focus attention on Black people’s achievements and history.” I love celebrating […]
Statement to the Racial and Gender Justice Committee
June, 2022 General Assembly (RGJ-008) by Presbytery of Baltimore On June 24, 2022, the General Assembly Committee on Race & Gender Justice (RGJ) heard the case for recommending the Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery (GLJ) overture, “An Apology to African Americans for the Sin of Slavery and its Legacy” to the General Assembly for approval. In April, the […]
BIPOC Listening Session
Black, Indigenous and People of Color are invited to a focus group to provide feedback on Presbytery’s vision for the future. Learn more about the strategic planning process. REGISTER
Driving While Black
A B’More Human discussion organized by the In The Loop ministry group: February 21, 2022 The ability of Black Americans to travel was severely restricted during slavery, when leaving the plantation required a written pass (that often could not be read by the pass holder because of prohibitions against Blacks being taught to read). Slave codes […]
February 3, 2022
From the General Presbyter Black History Month In 1807, the Presbytery of the Union Synod of Tennessee recommended to the General Assembly in Lexington, Kentucky, that a “slave should be licensed to preach among colored people.” Enter the Rev. John Gloucester, who founded the First African Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia in 1807. I guess that […]
A Time for Reflection and Action
The second season of the B’More Human Series continues Reparations… What is owed, Part 2 Monday, November 15, 6:30 to 8:30 pm Download Flyer Before the session, view C-SPAN Reparations Testimony by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Senator Corey Booker, Danny Glover and others. Join facilitated small groups to reflect on the testimony and to develop recommendations for […]
Reparations… What is owed? – Part 1
Monday, October 18, 2021, 6:30 to 8 pm BACKGROUND ARTICLE About the Speakers The Rev. Canon Christine McCloud Canon for Mission, The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland The Rev. Chris McCloud came to Maryland in October 2018 from the Diocese of Newark where she was the Archdeacon for Administration and Formation; Co-Chair of Namaste Anti-Racism committee; […]
Celebrating Black Women
Please join the In The Loop Ministry Group’s B’More Human Series on Monday, March 15th from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. This month the series will focus on Black Women in celebration of Women’s History Month. Please click here to register. And Ain’t I A Woman: Black Women In 2021 – Challenges, Triumphs and Joy This […]
Black and Presbyterian
Black and Presbyterian . . . When the book of the same title was first published in 1983, written by Dr. Gayraud S. Wilmore, it asserted without apology that there indeed was such a thing as African American Christianity. By virtue of the fact that many African Americans came to Presbyterianism through colonization, it […]
