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If Yeshua’s Mother Was Not a Virgin, Would You Still Believe He Is God?: The Implications of Women’s Sexuality for the Christian Religion.

What does it matter to Yeshua's claims to divinity that his mother was a pregnant virgin? What would it have mattered if he'd been birthed by a non-virgin woman? Would his divinity have been questioned, rejected or mattered less? If yes, then we are looking at a situation where salvation of humanity depends on women's sexuality.

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Truth Doesn’t Always Win (A Poem)

Where truth is told, oppression begins to cease.

Academia & Gender Equality, Academia & Racial Justice, Allied Partnerships, Becoming Like Christ, Church & Gender Inequality, Cultural Appropriation, Ethnic Equality, Ethnic Reconciliation, God, Women & Covenant, Indigenous People, Missions & Racial Equality, People of Color & Missions, Rev. Tega Swann, Seminaries & Justice, The Gospel and Equality, The Holy Spirit & Equality, Women of Color & Missions, Women of Color Leadership, Women's Conferences & Equality

Why You Should Stop Financing White People Mission ‘Trips’ to African Nations

Voices of Color: Christians United provides multiple ways for connecting with Africans for the real mission of God: racial equality, equity, healing and reconciliation. I invite you to join one of our groups where you will find many opportunities to connect and partner directly with women of color in missions both in the US and in non-Western countries. Join our Voices of Color: Christian United (Group) and follow our page Voices of Color: Christian United and start to give your money for women of color equality!

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Man or Husband Does Not Mean or Translate as Protector, Provider, Defender, Etc..

Nowhere in the Scriptures is there mention of this term being translated to mean 'provider,' 'defender,' or 'protector.' Instead, what we see in Scripture is that people who are in covenant of commitment to one another deliberately practice and model these concepts regardless of their gender. -Oghene'tega Swann

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A Seat at the Table

"Phrases like โ€œsame-sex-attractionโ€ and โ€œstruggling with...โ€ are homophobic dog whistles from anti-LGBTQ+ ideologies that are so extreme they believe that even identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexualโ€“โ€“even without acting on your attractionsโ€“โ€“is sinful, and being transgender is altogether off the table." -Alex M. Griffin

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The Ethnic and Sexual Diversity of Judaism in Jesusโ€™s Day

"When we imagine the early followers of Jesus, we must imagine them beyond an ethnic binary of Jew/Greek and beyond a sexual binary of male/female. Godโ€™s people has always been diverse, before, during, and after the days of Jesus, and Godโ€™s people continues to be diverse today." -Haley Gabrielle

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How Politicizing Race Discriminates Against People of Color

"If one is constantly presented with a negative image of a community and that image is fed with hateful rhetoric, it eventually normalizes any violence done to that community." -

Allied Partnerships, Ethnic Equality, Ethnic Reconciliation, Gender Equality for Women of Color, Kingdom Living, Mutuality Sunday, Rev. Tega Swann, The Gospel and Equality, The Holy Spirit & Equality

Mutuality Sunday: The Art of ‘Belonging’

"If we are becoming truly human like Jesus, this must be characterized by a boldness and courage to love one another, despite the history between our various people groups or even one another." -Rev. Oghene'tega Swann

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Becoming the Mother of Black Children

"As I began to learn more about racism and the systems of oppression, it was like I was discovering a whole other world that I had previously not known existed. I had been able to live in my white bubble, unaware of the experiences of POC all around me." -Jenn Lynn

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Mutuality Sunday: Were De Black Brodas At?

"... although not all Black churches typically ordain women as โ€˜pastors,โ€™ they nevertheless respected me as โ€˜a pastor,โ€™ addressed me as such, and gave me the full accord with their male ministers, and outside of my denomination male ministers, they have been the most accepting of me, my call, and my leadership." -Rev. Oghene'tega Swann