Vanderbilt Divinity School Names Black Woman as Next Dean

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TENNESSEE – Dr. Emilie M. Townes, a noted Yale University scholar and administrator will be the school’s next dean, pending board approval. Townes is currently the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of African-American Religion and Theology and associate dean of academic affairs at Yale Divinity School. Townes, an American Baptist teaching and general research interests focuses [...]

African-American Christians Waver Over Vote

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NATIONWIDE – Some black clergy see no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, so they are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day. That’s a worrisome message for the nation’s first African-American president, who can’t afford to lose any voters from his base in a tight [...]

‘Writing New Chapters’ in Southern Baptist History

Dr. Fred Luter - President, Southern Baptist Conference

MEMPHIS – “So the Thursday after I was elected, I get a call and a voice on the other end says. ‘This is the White House, and the President would like to speak with you.’ So I come to the phone, and I think it’s one of my buddies playing a joke. I get to [...]