UrbanFaith.com http://www.urbanfaith.com/ Where contemporary Christians discuss the people, news, and ideas that shape our world. en Copyright 2010 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:23:29 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Right Time, Right Place The Hampton University Ministers' Conference is one of the most influential gatherings of black church leaders. And HU chaplain Debra Haggins O'Bryant is the event's driving force.

]]> http://www.urbanfaith.com/2010/06/right-time-right-place.html http://www.urbanfaith.com/2010/06/right-time-right-place.html Christian Education Church and Ministry Leadership Pastors Spotlight Arne Duncan clergy Debra Haggins Debra Haggins O'Bryant education Geoffrey Guns Hampton Ministers' Conference Hampton University Hampton University Ministers' Conference Virginia Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:23:29 -0600 Our Call to Public Education How many eighth-grade Bible studies lead with Lamentations? Or Leviticus? Not many that I'm aware of.

Yet last I checked, Lamentations and Leviticus are part of the biblical canon, along with Romans and Revelation and lots of other heady reading material.

Should it matter to pastors, then, that the average graduate of America's city schools reads at an eighth-grade level and that many high school graduates don't even rank that high?

]]> http://www.urbanfaith.com/2009/09/our-call-to-public-education.html http://www.urbanfaith.com/2009/09/our-call-to-public-education.html Christian Education Church and Ministry Culture Education Leadership Youth Ministry 20/20 Vision for Schools Christian churches education New York outreach public schools school reform students teaching tutoring urban schools youth ministry Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:59:01 -0600 Heroes and Saints As far as African American history books go, Heroes in Black History is unique. First of all, it was written by a white couple whose passion for their subject matter leaps off the page. Second, the book places the spiritual lives of its subjects front and center and shows how vital their Christian faith was to their historic accomplishments.

]]> http://www.urbanfaith.com/2009/02/heroes-and-saints.html http://www.urbanfaith.com/2009/02/heroes-and-saints.html Black History Books Christian Education Church and Ministry Culture Entertainment Black history Black History Month books Dave and Neta Jackson George Washington Carver Harriet Tubman Martin Luther King Jr. Mary McLeod Bethune Ricky Byrdsong William Seymour Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:38:46 -0600 Preaching to the Converted It's no secret that America is a very religious nation. A comprehensive study in 2007 by the Pew Forum revealed that a whopping 92 percent of all Americans say they believe in God, and 82 percent say that their religion is very or somewhat important to their lives. Of these, 78.5 percent claimed affiliation with some branch of Christianity.

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