Rev. Dr. Tyshawn Gardner Honored as Black History Maker of Alabama
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Dr. Tyshawn Gardner currently serves as the Senior Pastor of the Plum Grove Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa. Dr. Gardner also serves as the Vice-President for Student Affairs at his beloved alma mater, the illustrious Stillman College. He is the founder and CEO of the Citizen Impacting Community Association, a non-profit dedicated to serving and empowering the intergenerational communities of West Tuscaloosa through a variety of academic and social programs and activities. From 2016-2019, Dr. Gardner served as the president of the Tuscaloosa Chapter of the SCLC.
Donald Trump s departure from the White House and the start of Joe Biden’s presidency have stirred new hopes among many religious leaders in the United States, while causing dismay among others.
Here’s a look at some of the issues that major faiths will be grappling with as the new administration takes shape.
ABORTION
For leaders of the two largest Christian denominations in the U.S. the Roman Catholic Church and the Southern Baptist Convention the paramount concern about the Biden administration is its strong support for abortion rights.
Biden, a practicing Catholic, already has rolled back some Trump policies aimed at curbing abortion access. On Jan. 22, the 48th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision establishing a nationwide right to abortion, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris said they would seek to enshrine that right into federal law to protect it from court challenges.
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Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church, and his wife Vera McKissic pray during services in Arlington, Texas. As a student in college and seminary, then as a pastor in Texas, McKissic has been affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention for more than 45 years. Now he s pondering whether he and his congregation should break away following the steps of several other Black pastors who exited in dismay over race-related actions of some white SBC leaders. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
As a student in college and seminary, then as a pastor in Texas, Dwight McKissic has been affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention for more than 45 years. Now he’s pondering whether he and his congregation should break away.
After a long search, Immanuel Baptist Church in Elizabethtown has a new pastor.
The church called the Rev. Chris Workman to be their new pastor. He will begin his ministry at the church March 1.
Gloria Brandenburg, a member of the search committee, said the previous pastor of 33 years, Chuck Darland, retired in December 2019. The church hired an interim pastor and then began its search for a new pastor.
âSearching for a pastor during a global pandemic has required us to fully rely on the Lord and his promises,â Brandenburg said.
Before the time of COVID-19, she said they would have planned a series of events over a weekend to get to know a candidate and their family.