However, when Curenton arrived at Mayflower to serve the congregation and the community, he did so knowing that parts of Mayflower’s history hardly resembled the Black Church tradition. “ ...

Knox News sat with Kesler to talk about what’s ahead for Beck, for Knoxville and for Knoxville’s Black Church (the group, not a singular congregation). Much of the discussion centered on the ...

The first Black congregations in America pre-date the nation’s founding in 1776. Since then, African American churches continue to support faith, and the fight for Civil Rights across the ...

The Rev. Otis Moss III leads the congregation at Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago’s South Side. They’re well known for playing an active role in addressing the issues Black people face ...

(JTA) — The first African-American female rabbi will leave her congregation this summer. Rabbi Alysa Stanton’s contract with Congregation Bayt Shalom in Greenville, N.C., was not renewed ...

During the 2022–2023 academic year, Duke Divinity School celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Office of Black Church Studies, with a year of events culminating in an evening ...

Still, members of the Harlem community hope to revitalize the church. The church, which had been hit with an increase in rent between November and December, was vacated by its decade-long congregation ...

NORTH ATTLEBORO — Grace Episcopal Church has decided to sell its historic but damaged property and merge with All Saints Episcopal Church in Attleboro. The downtown church’s bell tower ...

Their numbers run between 10 and 15, but this congregation is vibrant with vitality and youth. The worshipers are from French-speaking countries--France, Martinique, Mauritius. Some are Americans who ...

During a violent demonstration on Dec. 12, 2020, members of the Proud Boys vandalized a “Black Lives Matter” flag belonging to Metropolitan AME Church, a historically Black church. Members of ...

a mid-size Church of God of Prophecy congregation in Kissimmee, Florida, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Alan Youngblood) A statement from the Department of Homeland Security on Jan. 20 said the ...