The story of St. James, Pittsboro By the Rev. Mac Brown, Sarah Swann and the Rev. Canon Lindsey Ardrey The following is excerpted and adapted...
Disciple: One Step, and Then Another
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Racial Reckoning
Alice Freeman Reflects on Racism and Resilience in Rural North Carolina
As we prepare for the 210th Annual Convention, the Reparations and Restitution Ministry Committee is providing new and updated information to help open our hearts more fully to the work …
The Story of St. Ambrose: Environmental Racism, Resurrection and Reparations
As we prepare for the 210th Annual Convention, the Reparations and Restitution Ministry Committee is providing new and updated information to help open our hearts more fully to the work …
All Saints’, Warrenton, Under Consideration for National Registry of Historic Places Status
The revitalization of All Saints’, Warrenton, recently took a major step forward when it was approved by the State National Register Advisory Committee to be put forward for inclusion on …
Disciple: What to the Church Is Juneteenth?
A meditation on liberation By the Rev. Hershey Mallette Stephens Juneteenth is a word-smush (aka portmanteau) of June and nineteenth—also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day and Emancipation Day. …
Disciple: Finally Resting
[Images] Some of the markers at Oak Grove Freedman’s Cemetery commemorating the African American souls buried there. Photos by Christina Charles With the help of a Johnson Service Corps fellow, in …
Disciple: Jesus Saves
The ministry of reparations and restitution By the Rev. Canon Lindsey Ardrey You and your friends have just spent a harrowing night on the waters of the sea and step foot on …
Disciple: The Power of Pilgrimage
Walking in the footsteps of the past By Beth Crow and the Rev. Monnie Riggin There is nothing quite so sacred or moving as walking on the path and in the …
Disciple: Historic Foundations: How Did We Get Here?
The story of God, land and race at Holy Family, Chapel Hill By the Rev. Sarah Ball-Damberg One of the goals of the diocesan mission strategy’s priority of Racial Reckoning, Justice and Healing is …
Disciple: Historic Foundations: Uncovering History
St. Michael’s, Raleigh, explores local history of race and real estate By the Rev. Greg Jones Anyone who has lived in downtown Raleigh, near North Carolina State University, or gone to …
Disciple: Unburied History
How St. Mark’s, Huntersville, is honoring the lives and legacies of formerly enslaved people By Summerlee Walter Elizabeth McCoy—not her family surname, but the one she received from the people who …
Disciple: Think Different: Racists Anonymous
One Charlotte-area church is part of a bold new approach to confronting racism By Christine McTaggart and the Rev. Nathan King More and more people are becoming aware that, at …
