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premieres February 16 and 17, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. ET on VPM PBS.
In this intimate four-hour series from executive producer, host, and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr., we trace how this came to be in the 400 year-old story of the Black church in America, all the way down to its bedrock role as the site of African American survival and endurance, grace and resilience, thriving and testifying, freedom and independence, solidarity and speaking truth to power.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. | VPM PBS
A Negro camp meeting in the South, a man preaching with arm raised to a group in the woods.
A New Documentary Seriesfrom Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.THE BLACK CHURCH: THIS IS OUR STORY, THIS IS OUR SONGto Air February 16 and 17, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. Two-part series reveals the bro
Houston’s Antioch Missionary Baptist Church built by freed slaves in 1866
Continues to serve as a beacon of light for the community
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In 1868, one of Antioch’s members, Jack Yates, was ordained at the first Association meeting for African American Baptist Churches. This was the first National Baptist Convention. Rev. Jack Yates became the first pastor of Antioch. Rev. Yates led the church to purchase its present site and build a brick structure. The church, located in the center of Freedman’s Town, was the center of activity for the African-American community. It was the first brick structure built and owned by African-Americans in Houston.
Critical race theory debate likely to continue
The Conservative Baptist Network applauded the seminary presidents just as they had praised President Donald Trump earlier this year when he banned critical race theory training for federal workers. Trump s decision came on the heels of a summer filled with protests against police brutality and heightened awareness about systemic racism.
Opposition to critical race theory is one of the reasons the grassroots Southern Baptist group launched in February. They want the seminary presidents to go further, including helping to rescind a critical race theory resolution the convention passed in 2019. We look forward expectantly to the presidents cooperation with us in rescinding Resolution 9 and to their taking concrete actions toward the elimination of these unbiblical doctrines and others like them, such as Black Liberation Theology, from our SBC seminaries, the network said in a news release.
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