"Christians have turned it into a symbol of victory." • At St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, the altar cross is small, simple and gold-colored, no taller than 18 inches. The ...

The church also has three Methodist cross-and-flame sculptures ... noticed light shining on the brick wall and wanted to add the symbol to the spot. At certain times of day, the copper and ...

(RNS) — It’s known in the United Methodist Church as the “Cross and Flame ... explaining that the symbol was meant to instill fear in Black people. “No longer should we be represented ...