WASHINGTON (AP) — There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, which has hosted funerals for Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass and opened its pews to ...

I’M KAREN HOLMES WARD TODAY ON CITYLINE THREE NEW BOOKS THAT DISCUSS THE CHANGING INFLUENCE OF THE BLACK CHURCH, HOW A CONGREGATION HELPED HEAL A COMMUNITY, AND A THEOLOGICAL AND BIOETHICAL APPROACH ...

It was on Nov. 24, 2014, when then-Howard University student Kevin Lamár Peterman first felt a sermon rise from his belly. That was the same day that a grand jury decided not to indict a white ...

Black churches have been a staple of support for Black families throughout the decades. One important aspect of that support, which continues to evolve, are their programs and aids for youth. Those ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia, started ...

*Somebody needs to ask New York Governor Kathy Hochul how her foot tastes. That’s because she definitely put her foot in her mouth with comments made during a Black church service in Buffalo (NY), ...

It started with a Jan. 5 live stream of a church service on Facebook. In it, a young woman, fighting back tears, stands in front of her church congregation, publicly confesses she is pregnant and ...

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The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund opened applications this week for its Preserving Black Churches grant program, which aims to amplifly Black history. As part of the National Trust ...

EDITORS’ NOTE: The Sunday streets of the borough of churches still vibrate with gospel chords, yet inside many of Brooklyn’s storied Black sanctuaries, the choir lofts have thinned dramatically.

Williamsburg, Va. — A ceremonial groundbreaking will be held Thursday for the rebuilding of one of the nation's oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before ...