by Rev. Heber Brown, III | May 15, 2022 | BCFSN Updates, Events, North Carolina, Virginia
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! ...
by Rev. Heber Brown, III | May 11, 2022 | BCFSN Membership, BCFSN Updates, Black Church
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...
by Rev. Heber Brown, III | May 6, 2022 | Black Church, Black Farmers, North Carolina, The Network
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...
by Rev. Heber Brown, III | Apr 25, 2022 | Florida, Jacksonville, Ministry Spotlight, New Beginnings
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. ...
by Rev. Heber Brown, III | Apr 18, 2022 | Youth
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...