It’s happening all across the country and right here in the Midwest. Churches, forced to shutter their doors due to COVID-19, are finding creative ways to continue their ministry.
The Rev. Traci Blackmon counts each modest contribution to an ambitious United Church of Christ program aiding people trapped by medical debt in Kansas and Oklahoma as a gospel-infused demand for justice.
In 1937, Camp Ascension was formed to meet a need by the Missionary Baptist State Convention of Kansas. Leaders felt that inner-city youth needed a space to unwind from busy city life and to have a better connection to God.
The social environment inside African-American churches is widely known as very affectionate. It’s where hugging, handshaking and touching seem essential to showing one another God’s love and affection.
