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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I wanted to learn more about this remarkable parish, and how it formed a thread that was connected to the rich legacy of my ...

Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, ...

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 ...

Renovations on the former Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Burlington, Ohio, are expected to be complete by the end of August, when it will reopen as a historic site and community center.