Category: Current Events

Current Events

Press Release: Pass The Mic: Dynamic Voices, Diverse Church

Tyler Burns

As we continue to address the core concerns of African Americans, the Reformed African American Network has created a helpful worldview primer for a digital generation. And it’s in the form of a high-quality audio podcast appropriately named “Pass the Mic.” By interviewing key leaders in the Reformed community, addressing relevant topics and biblically handling […]

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It’s Our RAANiversary!

Jemar Tisby

Happy RAANiversary! One year ago today we launched the RAANetwork website.  The date was deliberate.  October 31st is Reformation Day–a fitting anniversary to commemorate the Reformed African American Network (RAAN) because of why we exist. RAAN exists to fuel modern reformation in the African American community with a multi-ethnic mindset.  We fuel that reformation by […]

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The University of Alabama and the Tide of Racial Integration

Jemar Tisby

The University of Alabama usually makes national headlines for winning football championships, but this week’s news brought more humbling attention to the institution. The U of A Greek system has remained a “bastion of segregation” throughout the university’s history until the present day.  A story broke in the campus newspaper, Crimson and White, detailing the denial of an […]

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Upcoming Book- United: Captured by God’s Vision for Diversity by Trillia Newbell

Jemar Tisby

Trillia Newbell is a name you should know.  This woman of God is a prolific blogger, a burgeoning conference speaker, and now she’s an author.  Her forthcoming book, United: Captured by God’s Vision for Diversity, combines Trillia’s touching personal story with timeless biblical truth.  In it she conveys her heart for a more racially and ethnically diverse […]

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