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White Christian Nationalism: How It Threatens Our Democracy and What We Can Do Together

Visit BST Week — September 23-27

Let Your Life Speak — A Discernment Group

Inscripción Al Programa De Entrenamiento De Liderazgo Cristiano

Inscripción Al Programa De Maestría en Estudios Teológicos

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¡La Esperanza Muere Última! Hope Dies Last!

Some years back, I had the privilege of hosting in our home Delores Huerta, co-founder with Cesar Chavez of the United Farm Workers movement. I asked her about the history behind her famous expression that has long since gone viral, “¡Si se puede!” “Yes, we can!” Surprisingly, she shared another story that had inspired her expression in an altogether different context. She recounted the story of Jessie Lopez de la Cruz, one of the first female farm labor organizers in the movement, was born in 1919 in Southern CA. Jessie lived her whole life as a migrant worker. From age 5 on she worked in the fields pruning vines, picking oranges, beets, cotton and grapes.

Years later, after she retired, Jessie de la Cruz recounts how in those early years before the Farm Workers movement began, her fellow workers were losing all hope. These migrant families were being worked to death for dollars a day, forced to live in horrible conditions, and the corporate farms and farmers were loath to offer a living wage, much less any other benefits. In desperation, she cried out to them, “¡No se puede!” No, we can’t!  We just can’t lose hope!  ¡La Esperanza muere última!” “Hope Dies Last.”  

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Join us this October 2024 for the Center's annual fall lecture!

Join us for the Center for Truth, Racial Healing, and Restorative Justice fall lecture on Thursday, October 17 at 6:30pm PT in Karpe Hall on BST’s campus.

Amanda Tyler, Executive Director of the Baptist Joint Committee (BJC), will speak on the following: “White Christian Nationalism: How it Threatens Our Democracy and What We Can Do Together.” Amanda is the lead organizer of BJC’s national campaign: Christians Against Christian Nationalism and the author of the forthcoming book, How to End Christian Nationalism, coming in October 2024 from Broadleaf Books.

BST Bulletin

President Brenneman in India

From April 1-10, President Brenneman was privileged to preach twice and represent BST and the American Baptist Churches USA at the 125th Anniversary Celebration of the Tangkhul Baptist Churches Association, a gathering of over 20,000 people in Manipur, India. The northeast region of India is home to 1.5M Baptists and some 8500 churches, a source of many BST students, graduates and affiliate faculty over the years. President Brenneman was part of the unveiling of a new monument in honor of Rev. William Pettigrew, the earliest American Baptist missionary to visit Manipur and establish the first public school among the Tangkhul tribal groups, planting churches, and penning the first translation of several biblical books and hymns in the Tangkhul language. 

Latest Events

First Friday Lunch & Learn

Join Berkeley School of Theology by Zoom on the first Friday of the month at 12p Pacific Time to learn about a fun and interesting topic from a member of the BST community!

CENTER FOR TRUTH, RACIAL HEALING, AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

Alumni In Action

Rev. Kathryn (Katie) Choy-Wong, MDiv 1980

Katie will be honored as the 2023 recipient of the Cora and John Sparrowk President’s Award at the 2023 American Baptist Churches Biennial Mission Summit. In addition, Katie serves on BST Board of Trustees and recently published a book called Building Lasting Bridges: An Updated Handbook for Intercultural Ministries. Katie is a retired pastor from New Life Christian Fellowship, an American Baptist church in Castro Valley, California.