"The Black Religious Scholars Group (BRSG) is the premier academic organization that intentionally engages to bridge the regrettable chasm between Athens and Jerusalem - the theological academy and the Black church. The BRSG is, in fact, a space for grace. Holding community, dialogue, liberation, and transformation as its core values, it offers space for scholars of Black religion to revivify right relationship with the communities that birthed them and to whom their scholarly witness remains accountable."

"The Black Religious Scholars Group is a vital resource for church ministry, religious leadership and community organizing requires consultants equally invested in education and empowerment that nurtures, sustains, and mobilizes the diverse constituencies to collaborate with civic, corporate, and philanthropic leaders to address critical needs of human rights and social justice within local, national, and global communities. If you want your organization to soar, the BRSG will provide you with wind beneath your wings so that you and your organization can operate victoriously."

"The Black Religious Scholars Group (BRSG) is a beautiful village of black scholars, religious practitioners, and social activists. We embrace and examine the distinctive characteristics and contributions of black religions in general and black Christianity in particular. Forged more than twenty years before diversity, equity, and inclusion became “fashionable” in the academy, BRSG insists that various religious/ethical practices and principles in black cultures are treasures that can enrich all cultures. Furthermore, amid destructive hierarchies that divide diverse groups, we build bridges between diverse groups, and especially between academic and religious communities. The spirit of humility constantly reminds us that everyone in the village has something to teach and something to learn."

"Unless theological reflection is rooted within a community - informing and being informed by those on the margins - then such reflection is useless, if not meaningless. Because organizations like BRSG bring together academicians, ministers, and community activists to wrestle with the reality of the Back experience, it fosters an academic rigor which benefits all of us - even those of us who are not part of the Black community."

"The work and vision of the Black Religious Scholars Group (BRSG) has consistently crafted sacred space for scholars, advocates, church, and community leaders to convene around the issues that impact the life and liberation of all Black people. BRSG annual consultations have become hallowed gatherings where the spiritual legacy, creative genius and prophetic witness of Black religious scholars and activists are honored, and the heritage of our faith provides strength for the journey ahead. As a Pan-African transnational faith leader, I have found that BRSG is a home for intergenerational, interdisciplinary, and international leaders seeking the well-being and thriving of all Black lives and Black communities worldwide."

"For a quarter of a century, the BRSG has been leading conversations about and providing resources for religious literacy in civil dialogue and social transformation. We need the BRSG not just to continue this work but to expand upon it. Religious and theological literacy that bridges the gap between the academy and the church has always been an agent for social justice. That work is never finished. It is more urgent than ever."

"The AAR is grateful for, and inspired by, the work and enduring legacy of the BRSG for all the ways it fosters excellence in the academic study of religion and enhances public understanding of religion."