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Black clergy offer churches as COVID-19 vaccination sites, roll up their sleeves
An Oklahoma church, whose name means ‘stone of help, is preparing to provide the second of the two-part vaccine. People line up for COVID-19 vaccinations outside Ebenezer Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, on Jan. 26, 2021. Photo by J. Wiggins for Concepts Productions/courtesy Ebenezer Baptist Church
January 29, 2021
(RNS) After more than 1,100 people received the coronavirus vaccine in the fellowship hall of a Black church in Oklahoma City, its pastor credited trust and teamwork for the accomplishment.
Organizers fell just 16 arms short of their goal as Pastor Derrick Scobey, the leader of Ebenezer Baptist Church, worked to make sure they could inoculate as many people as possible in the Black community where his church is located even when they had some no-shows.
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will be freed after serving just seven years of a 28-year prison sentence for bribery and racketeering charges while holding public office.
Reflecting on the message of Martin Luther King Jr.
Reflecting on the message of Martin Luther King Jr. By Theresa Schmidt | January 18, 2021 at 8:09 PM CST - Updated January 18 at 8:26 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) -What would Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. say about the state of our country if he were alive today. Reverend Sam Tolbert says King’s message still rings true and remains relevant.
Tolbert is the pastor of the Greater St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church and president of the National Baptist Convention of America.
King advocated a nonviolent path to justice. And Tolbert says that’s what King would urge today.
Baton Rouge church joins CBF-National Baptist Hurricane Recovery Efforts in Lake Charles, La. 18 December, 2020 - 22:40
By Caleb Mynatt
As the winds stirred and the sky turned to black on August 27, 2020, the citizens of Lake Charles, La., were confronted with a reality that is all too familiar.
Hurricanes hitting the Louisiana coast have become an almost annual occurrence these days, but not often does a Hurricane Laura, a Category Four storm, barrel towards the Gulf Coast. The residents of this small city in the southeast part of the state prepared for the worst, and also readied to start a clean-up process that has become far too common.