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At NBCUSA denominational meeting, church leaders and AOC urge voter turnout
Black Baptists open advocacy center in DC
Black clergy strategize and preach after Voting Rights Act gutting
Shared songs with new meaning
My colleague’s Black church was taking a break from anti-racism work with White churches. So we decided to sing together.
Black Church is my mother tongue
To speak Black Church is to dwell in a world of metaphors about a God who is engaged in the lives of Black people.
Black church leader says Target boycott won't ease until DEI programs return
Abyssinian Baptist Church welcomes dismissal of pastor candidate's discrimination suit
Research reveals new trends among Black Protestants
Historical 'twin pillars' of US Black communities partner to boost vote
National UMC summit spotlights mass incarceration, redemption
Black Christians’ competing solidarities with Israelis and Palestinians
Divergent biblical interpretations and shared histories lead to different answers to the same question: Who are “the oppressed”?
E. Anne Henning Byfield, former president of AME bishops' council, dies at 74
Written by the oppressor, sung by the oppressed
James Walvin traces a beloved American hymn on its winding journey across racial divisions through the centuries.
National Baptists choose Connecticut pastor Boise Kimber as next president
Sonya Massey said, ‘I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.’ What’s the significance?
Mary Patterson, preserver of Church of God in Christ history, dies at 83
Churches tied to civil rights movement awarded National Park Service preservation funds
Sr. Mary Roger Thibodeaux, noted 'Black power' nun, dies at 86
Historic sermon by Gina Stewart at joint Black Baptist meeting draws cheers, controversy
Religious donors keep giving to houses of worship and beyond amid inflation