VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER The Great Gathering, a three-day summit of thousands of black Methodists that concluded Wednesday in Columbia, resulted in the creation of a “Male Investment Plan” and a pledge to create a new nonprofit organization to support it. Three black Methodist denominations organized the event to address the dismal statistics regarding black men […]
VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER The leaders of three black Methodist denominations – one of them headquartered in Charlotte – are joining together to address unemployment, crime and other problems that disproportionately affect black men. It will be their first joint gathering in 45 years. “When people talk about us being in an economic downturn, that’s nice […]
