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The Black Church
The Black church in America and the diaspora: its faith, preaching and worship, denominations, leaders, history and work for justice.
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Colors of faith
6+ hour, 5+ min ago (357+ words) On December 12, 2000, Paolo Granado Cervantes was ordained as a Catholic priest, marking the culmination of years of theological study and spiritual preparation and allowing him to take on the responsibilities of serving the community and leading the faithful in worship…...
MATTINGLY: Southern faith, football and everything in between
22+ hour, 46+ min ago (325+ words) Terry Mattingly is the editor of GetReligion.org and Senior Fellow for Media and Religion at The King’s College in New York City. He lives in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Sports analyst Paul Finebaum is often called the voice of Bible…...
500 Voices, One Mission: Keep Baltimore’s Gospel Legacy Alive
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (445+ words) More than 2,000 people attended a live recording featuring 500 singers and musicians at a Baltimore church. The ambitious project is now expanding into a documentary honoring the pioneers who shaped the city's gospel music. Five hundred singers and musicians gathered at…...
Black Antiblackism: Meet the House Negro
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (482+ words) This is also different from the Black Judas and the Black Minstrel I described before. Those two are easy to spot. The House Negro sits down at the table and talks to you like a friend. It did not start…...
The Last of the Black Robes
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (499+ words) Though in human terms their mission catastrophically failed, the martyrs are revered as the founders of the Canadian church. It is telling that it took an Australian director, Bruce Beresford of “Driving Miss Daisy” (1989) and “Tender Mercies” (1983) fame, to make…...
Da’Vinchi and the history problem at the center of his comments about Black Americans
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (425+ words) Black Americans have heard it all before. We’ve been called “lazy,” “not as qualified,” “uneducated,” “uncultured,” and all manner of other reasons the world can come up with for why our disenfranchisement is somehow of our own design and perpetuation....
Andrew Young revisits Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church, urges action on democracy
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (260+ words) Ambassador Andrew Young, 94, returned to Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church, where he first walked in 63 years ago as part of a movement that changed America, to deliver a message about the ongoing fight for democracy. Young visited Birmingham to speak at…...
Tiny Marietta church is last trace of once-thriving Black community | Hidden History
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (374+ words) LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — A tiny church in Marietta, Lancaster County, with a congregation of about 30 people, is the last remaining evidence of a once-flourishing African American community in that area. In this edition of Hidden History, we visit Bethel A.M.E....
Lancaster County church stands as reminder of once-flourishing African American community | Hidden History
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (61+ words) fox43.com Lancaster County church stands as reminder of once-flourishing African American community | Hidden History To stream FOX43 on your phone, you need the FOX43 app. Download the FOX43 app Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this video Before You…...
Museum of African American History receives $2.5M grant for Black theology research
2+ day, 19+ min ago (566+ words) The Museum of African American History has received a $2.5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, just one month after the small museum made the hard choice to lay-off three positions and trim its hours to help shore up its sagging…...