For Earth Day 2022, Saunders Memorial AME Church in Detroit began a children’s garden. This garden is being spearheaded by one of the church’s young people who is a 4th generation member, 11-year-old Kaylee Shreeve. Kaylee is an active Girl Scout and is working towards her Junior Gardener badge with completion of this project. Kaylee […]
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Case Studies Programs Soil To Sanctuary
Case Study: Allen AME and the Soil to Sanctuary Program
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Case Studies Operation Higher Ground Programs
Case Study: Operation Higher Ground Program
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BCFSN Updates The Network
Now Accepting Applications: Board Chair of The Black Church Food Security Network
The Black Church Food Security Network is now accepting applications for the volunteer role of [...]
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Spend #Juneteenth weekend with The Black Church Food Security Network! We’re loading up and going back “down the country” to meet Black farmers, walk their sacred lands, reconnect with our history & experience the flavors of farm-fresh food! June 17-19, 2022 we’re headed to Virginia and North Carolina. For more details including payment information visit […]
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Are you a member yet or do you know a church that has been considering becoming a member of The Black Church Food Security Network? When you are a member church, you receive: Financial support for garden or food-system related initiatives. Technical support for your planning and coordination Interactive and hands-on trainings. Administrative support to […]
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The day after my final Sunday as pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church, I was on a plane headed to North Carolina. I was invited to speak at the Mid Year Conference of the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, Inc. (GBSCNC) – a state convention of the National Baptist Convention which is the […]
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The Black Church Food Security Network is growing! We are bringing on new team members to help us to deliver on our mission of creating Black-led food ecosystems across the country. People in these roles will have an opportunity to make an impact across the organization as we continue to expand our reach. Learn more […]
Florida, Jacksonville, Ministry Spotlight, New Beginnings
Ministry Spotlight: New Mount Moriah AME Church (Jacksonville, FL)
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The Black Church Food Security Network continues to grow! We welcome New Mount Moriah AME Church in Jacksonville, Florida to our membership. We salute and celebrate Pastor Sha’Reff Rashad, Lady Sharon Rashad and their entire congregation to this fellowship. We interviewed them recently in order to learn more about their new church gardening effort. Check […]
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There’s a passage in the Hebrew Bible (aka The Old Testament to Christians) that says, “Train up a child in the way they should go and when they are old, they will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6) This scripture was spotlighted countless times in the churches of my upbringing – often during Youth Sundays […]
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Last month, the Black Church Food Security Network was invited to Jacksonville, Florida. There, we met an eager crowd of welcoming farmers, faith leaders, public health and elected officials. Despite generations of food apartheid, we met people there who are doing amazing work to advance food security and sovereignty. By the time we left, nearly […]
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The Philadelphia Metro area has a vibrant urban agriculture scene that the Black Church Food Security Network family was able to get a close view of on March 7-8, 2022. We were invited to this community by Rev. Carolyn Cavaness, pastor of the Bethel AME Church in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Through Pastor Cavaness’ leadership, Bethel AME […]
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I have some news that I need to share with you. For nearly 14 years, I have had the distinct privilege of serving as pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland. As a third generation Black baptist preacher, it has been my dream from childhood to be a pastor…just like my father, my […]