These congregations are struggling to attract younger members. That has consequences for social cohesion and Black political power writ large. These congregations are struggling to attract younger ...

church-attendance rates are falling among younger Black people. Nearly half of Black Gen Zers and Millennials say they “seldom or never” attend church—which is true of only a quarter of ...

Shelton continued. “The church has always been the vessel that we, as Black people, have used to have community and solidarity. It’s the church that connects [Black society], so as the nones ...

To speak Black Church is to dwell in a world of metaphors, similes, analogies, and linguistic wordplay all centered on a God who is present, active, real, and engaged in the lives of Black people. It ...

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 ...

Black people don’t have that experience. It was the Black church, which was the gathering point, the value-building instrument that, after slavery, we had to rely on even as we were putting our ...

SO AHEAD OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THERE WAS TALK THAT BLACK PEOPLE WERE MOVING AWAY FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THAT HOW IS CHURCH TIED TO THAT MOVE, AND HOW HAS THAT IMPACTED VOTER ...

The church can seize money the Proud Boys make ... “Washington’s been a very interesting town, because Black people have been able to live lives here that they couldn’t live elsewhere ...

The Bull Run Baptist Church is no more ... although the Civil War was fought over slavery and obtaining equality for Black people, “It hasn’t yet resulted in the full recognition of that ...