Phillips Theological Seminary Hosts Black History Month Events

Rev. Chelsea Brooke Yarborough, All-Black Towns, Black Towns, Oklahoma Black Towns, Historic Black Towns, Gary Lee, M. David Goodwin, James Goodwin, Ross Johnson, Sam Levrault, Kimberly Marsh, John Neal, African American News, Black News, African American Newspaper, Black Owned Newspaper, The Oklahoma Eagle, The Eagle, Black Wall Street, Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

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Rev. Chelsea Brooke Yarborough, PhD, is associate director of Leadership Programming at the Association of Theological Schools. She is a former assistant professor of African American Preaching, Sacred Rhetoric, and Black Practical Theology at Philips Theological Seminary. Photo Provided

Phillips Theological Seminary has announced its weekly Black History Month program, featuring religious scholars.

The program will honor and celebrate the history, scholarship, and continuing legacy of African-descended peoples, their cultures and traditions.

Rev. F. Douglas Powe Jr, All-Black Towns, Black Towns, Oklahoma Black Towns, Historic Black Towns, Gary Lee, M. David Goodwin, James Goodwin, Ross Johnson, Sam Levrault, Kimberly Marsh, John Neal, African American News, Black News, African American Newspaper, Black Owned Newspaper, The Oklahoma Eagle, The Eagle, Black Wall Street, Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — **Rev. F. Douglas Powe Jr., PhD**, is president of Phillips Theological Seminary. Photo, Provided

Feb. 18, 11:15 a.m. – Rev. Chelsea Brooke Yarborough, PhD, is associate director of Leadership Programming at the Association of Theological Schools and is a former assistant professor of African American Preaching, Sacred Rhetoric, and Black Practical Theology at Philips Theological Seminary.

Feb. 20, 6 p.m. – The 4th Annual Black Histories in Native (American) Lands Lecture will be hosted by Kyle T. Mays, PhD.

Feb. 25, 11:15 a.m. – Rev. F. Douglas Powe Jr., PhD, is president of Phillips Theological Seminary

Feb. 25, 6:30 p.m. – Rev. Melanie Jones Quarles will conduct a community lecture. She is an assistant professor of ethics, theology, and culture and director of the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership at Union Presbyterian Seminary

Earlier in February, Phillips Seminary featured the following scholar-preachers:

Feb. 4 – Rev. Melanie Jones Quarles, PhD, is an assistant professor of ethics, theology, and culture and director of the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership at Union Presbyterian Seminary.

Feb. 11 – Rev. Herbert R. Marbury, PhD, is an associate professor of the Hebrew Bible and Black Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University.

To see the video recordings, visit the Black Church Traditions and African American Worship Series on Phillips Theological Seminary’s YouTube page.

The programs, sponsored by Black Church Traditions and African American Faith-Life committee, are free and open to the public and will be held at Phillips Theological Seminary, 901 N. Mingo Rd.

For more information, contact (918) 610-8303.