By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Few know Birmingham its streets, its schools, its churches as well as Cornell Wesley, the recently named director of the city’s Department of Innovation and Economic Opportunity (IEO).
Wesley, the youngest of three children, grew up in the North Titusville community and attended Glen Iris Elementary School where he was part of the first class to be bused in Center Street Middle School, and A. H. Parker High School. As a teen he was called to preach and delivered his first trial sermon at his home church, South Elyton Baptist Church, before leaving his hometown for Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
Days after the Tuscaloosa City Council’s District 1 got its first candidate, a new challenger has emerged.
The Rev. Matthew Wilson, who has represented District 1 on the city’s Board of Education for the past four years, has announced his intention to transition to the City Council in 2021.
“I want to see a safe District 1,” said Wilson, 38, “and I want to continue to see premier education for our children.
“I want to be the voice for al District 1. Red, yellow, black and white – we are all precious.”
Wilson, who was recently battling the effects of a COVID-19 infection, said he planned to qualify for the City Council’s District 1 seat on Friday, the actual birthdate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Gift of Black Theological Education & Black Church Collaborative enhances the Historically Black Theological Institutions (HBTI) and the Black Church. The Black Church has been at the center of Black culture for more than 200 years, as well as one of the ways to combat systemic racism and other social ills. The HBTIs are founded to address the Black Church.
The Collaborative will bring together denominational leaders, scholars, and congregants to not only address racism and social issues but also build leadership capacity in congregations.
NEW YORK The Catholic priest who for decades had been one of the Vatican s top experts on the Latin language died on Christmas Day at a nursing home in Milwaukee. A United Methodist Church bishop in the West African nation of Sierra Leone died in a traffic accident in August as he was engaged in efforts to resolve the denomination s conflicts over inclusion of LGBTQ people. Back in March, a 49-year-old priest in Brooklyn became the first Catholic cleric in the United States killed by the coronavirus.
They were among many religious leaders some admired worldwide, others beloved only locally who died in 2020. Here are some of them.
NEW YORK (AP) The Catholic priest who for decades had been one of the Vatican’s top experts on the Latin language died on Christmas Day at a nursing home in Milwaukee. A United Methodist Church bishop in the West African nation of Sierra Leone died in a traffic accident in August as he was engaged in efforts to resolve the denomination’s conflicts over inclusion of LGBTQ people. Back in March, a 49-year-old priest in Brooklyn became the first Catholic cleric in the United States killed by the coronavirus. They were among many religious leaders some admired worldwide, others beloved only locally who died in 2020. Here are some of them.