St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church — will receive a historical marker recognizing its 135-year history Saturday afternoon ...
Walter Strickland's sweeping narrative of African American Christianity portrays a big God who is strong to deliver.
In black churches, women generally were not permitted ... God had intervened in human history to liberate his chosen people. But the stroke of a presidential pen did not eliminate poverty and ...
For the first time in its 237-year existence, Philadelphia’s Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, a National Historic Landmark known ...
Price echoed Colon-Emeric’s sentiments in his statement. “The Office of Black Church studies has played a significant role in ...
(RNS) — In a recent sermon at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, Pastor William Lamar IV introduced the congregation to the concept of “Black on Black care.” ...
Churches, especially Black churches, have historically played a role in educating Black voters and getting them to the ballot box. Reverend Dr. Jamal Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary ...
The Charleston peninsula's three historically Black Episcopal churches, St. Mark's, St. Stephen's and Calvary, lamented ...
Father Vincent Guest, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Camden, blesses a plaque announcing that Saint Bartholomew Church is on ...
Quinton Dixie, associate research professor of the history of Christianity in the United States and Black church studies, described the award as a “wonderful opportunity” for students, the OBCS and ...
November is Black Catholic History Month, “a time to be remember, celebrate, and live as the Missionary Disciples the world needs,” said a local Black Catholic priest.