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Rev. Eugene Rivers, who studied philosophy at Harvard, says that the Gospel “transcends race.”
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Rivers Speaks for African-American Church
Posted July 18, 2008
By Catherine Elvy, Staff Writer for the Ivy League Christian Observer
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - The Reverend Eugene Rivers, pastor of Azusa Christian Community in Boston and a leader among African-American preachers, took to the nation’s airways this spring to resolutely announce that controversial Chicago minister Jeremiah Wright does not speak for the country’s African-American religious community. Rivers, who attended Harvard University, said presidential contender Barack Obama’s former pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ is not the voice of the African-American church. “There are 65,000 black churches that represent 23 million people. They love Jesus, and they love America. They don’t trade in that kind of rhetoric.”
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Penn's many sculptures feature in the "Heart of the Campus" prayer walk
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Love in Three Dimensions
Posted July 8, 2008
By Eileen Scott, Senior Writer for the Ivy League Christian Observer
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - The University of Pennsylvania is not known for its Christian heritage, yet the campus is full of Biblical symbols in sculpture that inspire those “with eyes to see.” Michael Hu, Penn’s Campus Director for Campus Renewal Ministries and PennforJesus, has developed a prayer walk that he shares with those exploring the campus. According to Hu, about half of the sculptures have biblical relevance; he explains their significance during the prayer walk. Hu uses the statue of George Whitefield, a preacher of the Great Awakening, to make walkers aware that there were Christian seeds to the university, even if they aren’t widely publicized.
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