WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered ...

On Juneteenth, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Williamsburg to rebuild the African Baptist meeting house. The church ...

Bailey, who is Black, said he supports Stony Point’s decision to open the church as a “community gathering space.” Yager, who is white, was more critical. In a tweet to his 3,000-plus ...

Believing no man should own another, in 1775 he built a Baptist church where Black and white, slave and free, could all worship together.” The Bull Run Baptist Church is no more, but in that ...

The First Baptist Church of Williamsburg established itself in 1776, although parishioners met before then in fields and ...

Black faith leaders ... on May 25 – the fifth anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. Pastor Jamal-Harrison Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest ...

The church is celebrating its 175th anniversary on June 1, going back to when it was founded as the First Baptist Church of San Jose in May 1850 by Rev. Osgood Wheeler, who had already founded ...

For those who need a trip down memory lane, on May 25, 2020, a white police officer in Minneapolis knelt on the neck of a Black man for over nine agonising minutes because a store clerk alleged he ...

To recognize 40 years as a congregation, Franklin Community Church will host an anniversary celebration starting at 9:45 a.m. Sunday. Those who have been involved with the church throughout its ...

Head here for more information. BMAC CEO/president Willie “Prophet” Stiggers said, “As the Black Music Action Coalition approaches its fifth anniversary, our commitment to fostering equity ...

(Left) A historic photo of the Broad Street United Methodist Church, which will be celebrating its 150th anniversary from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 31. (Photo submitted by Rich Griffin ...