The Gift of Black Theological Education & Black Church Collaborative is designed as an innovative learning experience purposed to transform the Black experience by exploring and seeking resolutions through a theological lens to address systemic inequality in the public square.
Join Min. Aria Kirkland-Harris, Director of Stewardship & Community Development at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Richmond, VA, and Rev. Jamar A. Boyd, II, Senior Manager of Organizational Impact at The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference as they respond to your questions from their presentation, “Emerging Generations and the Future of Black Church Leadership”.
Tune in for episode 6 of The Gift Collaborative podcast. Rev. Dr. Brianna Parker is the founder of The Black Millennial Café (BMC), a consulting practice and data resource center for persons seeking healthy engagement with Black millennials of faith. Join Rev. Dr. Parker and John Thomas III, a presidential fellow at Payne Theological Seminary, as they follow-up on the conversation "Emerging Generations and the Black Church".
Watch Rev. Dr. Parker's original presentations from May 13, 2021 at https://thegiftcollaborative.org/modules-podcasts/modules/.
Tune in for episode 5 of The Gift Collaborative podcast. Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III is the Senior Pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore, MD, and the Founding Director of Orita’s Cross Freedom School. He launched the Black Church Food Security Network in 2015, which brings the Black church community together for health, wealth, and empowerment. Join Rev. Dr. Brown and Rev. Matthew Williams, President of the Interdenominational Theological Center, as they follow-up on the presentation "Nutritional Health."
Tune in for episode 4 of The Gift Collaborative podcast. Rev. Dr. Miriam Burnett, MD , is the President of Resource And Promotion of Health Alliance, Inc. (R.A.P.H.A., Inc.), a health education and promotion consulting company that aids faith-based and community organizations. Join Rev. Dr. Burnett and Dr. Johnny Hill, Dean of the Shaw University Divinity School, as they follow-up on the presentation "The Intersection of COVID-19 and Health Disparities."
Watch Rev. Dr. Burnett's original presentations from April 13, 15, 22, and 29, 2021 at https://thegiftcollaborative.org/modules-podcasts/modules/
Tune in for episode 2 of The Gift Collaborative podcast. Rev. Dr. Alton B. Pollard, III is the president of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and co-editor of The Black Church Studies Reader and author of Mysticism and Social Change. Join Dr. Pollard and Dr. Vergel L. Lattimore, President of Hood Theological Seminary, as they follow-up on the presentation "The Cries of Our People: A Social Justice History of the Black Church in America."
Watch Rev. Dr. Pollard's original presentations from February 2 and 16, 2021 at https://thegiftcollaborative.org/modules-podcasts/modules/.
Tune in for episode 3 of The Gift Collaborative podcast. Dr. John W. Kinney is the Dean Emeritas of The Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University and Pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Beaverdam, Virginia. Join Dr. Kinney and Dr. Gregory M. Howard, Dean of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University, as they follow-up on the presentation "Convergence of the Black Church & Black Seminary."
Watch Dr. Kinney's original presentations from March 2, March 16, and April 6, 2021 at www.thegiftcollaborative.org/content-modules/past-modules/.
Tune in for episode 1 of The Gift Collaborative podcast. Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. Join Dr. Glaude and Dr. Michael Joseph Brown, President of Payne Theological Seminary, as they follow-up on the presentation "Awakening the Church: A Call to Respond to Systemic Racism."
Watch Dr. Glaude's original presentation from January 21, 2021 at www.thegiftcollaborative.org/content-modules/past-modules/.