Black Anglicans of Canada Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/black-anglicans-of-canada/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:02:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Black Anglicans of Canada Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/black-anglicans-of-canada/ 32 32 170042892 ‘Racism is very bad for your health’ https://anglicanjournal.com/racism-is-very-bad-for-your-health/ https://anglicanjournal.com/racism-is-very-bad-for-your-health/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:00:50 +0000 https://www.anglicanjournal.com/?p=170379 Psychologist Myrna Lashley shares her thoughts on the church’s historic role in propagating systemic racism as well as the role of Christians in the movement to fight it.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/racism-is-very-bad-for-your-health/feed/ 0 170558 UCC general secretary would like to see African-Canadian theology grants https://anglicanjournal.com/ucc-general-secretary-would-like-to-see-african-canadian-theology-grants/ https://anglicanjournal.com/ucc-general-secretary-would-like-to-see-african-canadian-theology-grants/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2021 05:00:09 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166932 The United Church of Canada’s recently named general secretary says he hopes to see the creation of an educational institution for African-Canadian theology, funded at least partly by payments of reparation for the colonization of African peoples.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/ucc-general-secretary-would-like-to-see-african-canadian-theology-grants/feed/ 0 166932 CoGS forms new anti-racism group https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-forms-new-anti-racism-group/ https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-forms-new-anti-racism-group/#respond Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:25:54 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165749 In a virtual meeting held July 25, the Council of General Synod (CoGS) voted to approve the creation of a task force charged with dismantling racism within the Anglican Church of Canada.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-forms-new-anti-racism-group/feed/ 0 165749 Facing ‘the Canadian blindness to racism’: A statement from the Black Anglicans of Canada https://anglicanjournal.com/facing-the-canadian-blindness-to-racism-a-statement-from-the-black-anglicans-of-canada/ https://anglicanjournal.com/facing-the-canadian-blindness-to-racism-a-statement-from-the-black-anglicans-of-canada/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:54:18 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=165061 Black Anglicans of Canada deplores the brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands of the police. For me, as an African American, the brutal murder of George Floyd is the last straw. People of African descent, for our entire 400-year history in America, have been put in the position of constantly having to defend […]

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