Pastor sharing vibrant history of Black churches in Winnipeg Written by Taylor Brock Thursday, Feb 18 2021, 1:10 PM Pastor Calvert Layne is the lead pastor of Truth and Life Worship Centre and Manitoba s District Pastor of Church of God in Western Canada. Church of God in Western Canada focuses on church planting, revitalizing local churches, and developing church leaders, not to be confused with the Church of God Restoration in southern Manitoba.
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Black churches are thriving in Winnipeg, demonstrating strength in their communities.
The Black church community is and always has been a tight-knit worship community. Pastor Calvert Layne is sharing a brief history of how the community began close to one hundred years ago as people began moving to Manitoba from the East coast after their families found refuge using the underground railroad from slavery.
N.J. county hopes non-profit and Baptist church can help boost access to vaccinations
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Feb 03, 2021
In partnership with Monmouth
County, the non-profit Parker Family Health Center in Red Bank administered 40 coronavirus vaccinations on Wednesday, and will give up to 100 shots a week, officials said.Google
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With coronavirus vaccination rates lagging among communities of color, Monmouth County announced Wednesday that it is partnering with two institutions in Red Bank to boost access to vaccinations, one of them a non-profit health center that serves uninsured patients, in Spanish if needed, and the other a predominantly Black church.
Dr. Gertie Lowe of Gadsden was named a Pillar of Education by the Gadsden City school system in 2014-2015, and manycredit her with laying a foundation for the people of her community through her mentoring, her work in her church and in civil rights.
Lowe died Friday, and her passing marks a tremendous loss to the community, Gadsden City Schools Superintendent Tony Reddick said.
Lowe was encouraged by her mother who had a fifth-grade education – to value and strive for education. She did, becoming a nurse, and was honored as a top nursing home administrator.
Lowe valued learning, not only for herself but for others. Some two decades ago, she mentored a child during the school year and continued through the summer months. She recognized the value of study in the summer and extended it to other children.
| Updated: Feb. 17, 2021, 12:31 a.m.
Black Christian pastors in Utah may minister to small congregations, with older members slowly dying out, or large ones, attracting younger believers.
But most of them face a similar question from curious outsiders: Are there really Black churches in the Beehive State?
The answer is yes. In fact, there are more than a dozen historically Black congregations, and the roles these preachers play is crucial to the state’s religious life.
Thus, for February’s Black History Month amid a persistent pandemic and revived debates and demonstrations about the mistreatment of minorities here are profiles of five Black clerics who have dealt with the issue of racism in a mostly white state.