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 ...

Contrary to narratives suggesting its decline, the Black church is evolving and attracting young people who seek authentic faith and social action. There’s a dangerous contradiction at work in ...

The reason for the apparent deepening of this attitude is multifaceted, but it primarily reflects a metamorphosis in how Black people have ... into routine prayer, church attendance, and adherence ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church ... because Black people have been able to live lives here that they couldn’t ...

The church predates the founding of Miami and is the first to be founded by Black people in mainland South Florida. The church, originally named Fifty-Six Baptist Church, was founded by 56 Black ...

(NEXSTAR) — 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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, which has hosted funerals ... “Washington’s been a very interesting town, because Black ...