Sojourner Truth: The slave who became a gospel preacher

By Karen Miller2021-10-25T11:26:00

Sojourner Truth confounded the expectations of her day for both women and black people. Her Christian faith led her to call out injustice wherever she saw it. Find out more about her inspiring life this Black History Month

Opinion
From Windrush to Brexit, the British Church has struggled to address racism

2022-10-06T08:18:00Z By Richard Reddie

As Black History Month gets underway, Richard Reddie takes a look at the events that have shaped the Church’s racial justice journey. We may not be where we want to be, he says, but there’s still time to finish the race well
Reviews
After the flood: This film exposes how Christians used Noah’s drunken curse to defend slavery

2022-05-23T16:21:00Z By Chris Goswami

Professor Robert Beckford’s new documentary looks at how the UK Church developed a whole theology in support of slavery from one verse in Genesis. What happened next and where we go from here is well worth an hour of your time, says Chris Goswami
Opinion
Child Q: A mother’s worst nightmare

2022-04-01T08:19:00Z By Arlene Small

After a black pupil was strip searched by police at her east London school, protests erupted. A safeguarding report found the search of the 15-year-old girl, known as Child Q, was unjustified and racism was “likely” to have been a factor. Christian barrister, Arlene Small, who attended one of the recent protests, responds

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The martyrdoms of St Peter and St Paul have long been cited as evidence for the truth of Christianity. But how strong is the historical case - and what does their extraordinary witness teach believers today?
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Who was William Tyndale?

2026-06-08T12:26:00Z By Jenny Sanders

It’s 500 years since William Tyndale first translated the New Testament into English. This monumental piece of work came at great personal cost, as Jenny Sanders explains
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What every Christian should know about St Augustine of Hippo

2025-10-31T15:22:00Z By Jean Kabasomi

A theology graduate’s journey of discovery reveals how Augustine of Hippo, one of Christianity’s most influential figures, was African - and why this matters for Black Christians today who’ve been told theology isn’t for them.