March 13, 2025 @ 9:00 am - March 18, 2025 @ 5:00 pm African Theology & Leadership Institute (ATLI) Monrovia, Liberia Monrovia, Liberia African Theology & Leadership Institute (ATLI) The 2025 African Theology and Leadership Institute (ATLI) is designed to empower pastors, church leaders, theologians, and Christian educators by equipping them with practical […]
April 3, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm The MLK Lecture 2025 with Professor Brandon Terry Princeton Public Library, Community Room 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton, NJ, United States Brandon M. Terry is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and the co-director of the Institute on Policing, Incarceration, and Public Safety at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Free
April 8, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm A Sacred Storm: When God Speaks Through Radical Disruption (Part II) Hybrid - Cooper Room, Erdman Center 20 Library Pl, Princeton, New Jersey +1 more A Sacred Storm wrestles with the contention that Hip-hop emerged during the late 1970s and early 1980s on the fringe of urban decay as a prophetic response to the death-dealing effects of Ronald Reagan’s voodoo economics. Amid seismic shifts within the urban landscape, young prophetic voices began to arise outside of the reach of the church disrupting the status quo.
April 21, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm 2025 Prathia Hall Lecture: The Radical Roots of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and its Lessons for Today with Danielle McGuire Theron Room, Theodore Sedgwick Wright Library 64 Mercer St Understanding the real history of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and not just the simplistic fable, offers enduring lessons about organizing, resistance, and the power of collective action—tools we need now more than ever. Free
July 14, 2025 @ 8:00 am - July 18, 2025 @ 5:00 pm BTLI 2025 Conference Princeton Seminary 64 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ, United States Reimagining The Black Church – The Past Promise and Prophetic Potential of Black Theology The Black Church has long served as a beacon of hope, resilience, and justice, deeply rooted […]
October 23, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 160th Memorial of Betsey Stockton’s Death: Story of Service, Sacrifice, and Strength Overview This commemorative event marks the 160th anniversary of the passing of Betsey Stockton (c. 1798–1865)—educator, missionary, and pioneering African American woman whose faith and service left an indelible imprint […]
December 2, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Presbyterian Lecture: From Past Promise to Prophetic Practice Overview Building on the theological grounding from the first Presbyterian Pastors’ Roundtable, this second gathering turns toward the practical and pastoral work of leading congregations in times of sustained injustice. […]
February 3 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Sanctuary and Struggle: The Black Church as Refuge Then and Now—The Underground Railroad and Fugitive Slave Act DescriptionHosted by the Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies, this program explores the intertwined histories of the Underground Railroad and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. It highlights how […]
