diversity inclusion commission

Did you know that Muslims believe in Divine Predestination? That belief includes beliefs in four things: 1. God knows everything (Omniscience) 2.  God has recorded all that has happened and all that will happen 3. Whatever God wills to happen, happens 4. God is the Creator of everything. Affirmation: God is all there is there

Many in the Orthodox Christian Church, most notably present in Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Africa, and West Asia, celebrate the Christmas Holidays according the Julian Calendar, first developed by Julius Cesar in 46 B.C. which predates the Gregorian Calendar developed by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. Although technically Christmas Day in the Julian Calendar is

That Immigrants and refugees are entrepreneurs, job creators, taxpayers, and consumers who add trillions of dollars to the U.S. gross domestic product, or GDP, and their economic importance will only increase in the coming decades as America’s largest generation—the baby boomers—retires en masse, spurring labor demand and placing an unprecedented burden on the social safety

Sunday morning is still the most segregated time in American life. More than 8 in 10 congregations are made up of one predominant racial group. And most churchgoers think their church is fine the way it is. Two-thirds of American churchgoers (67 percent) say their church has done enough to become racially diverse.  And less

Millennials are leaving church at record numbers and they are described as America's least religious generation.  But while they may be highly skeptical of religion, they are still thirsty to find meaning in life.  Studies show they're rejecting churches that aren't making themselves relevant to Millennial culture. Millennials want a worship service that is contemplative

There are an estimated 10 million tithers in America that donate more than $50 billion annually to religious and charitable causes.  A new 5-year constituency study released by the State of the Plate gives an inside, in-depth look at the financial, giving, and spiritual practices of 4,413 people who donate 10% or more each year. Survey participants

Most of us know that our cultural tendency to judge women by their appearance – by their bodies, by their skin color, by their sexuality is a form of socialized and institutionalized misogyny? But DID YOU KNOW that misogynoir is misogyny directed towards black women where race and gender both play roles in bias. It