Black Pentecostal Churches

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1730+ words) The Most Rev. Robert Boxie III is pictured on July 26 at the Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Student Center at Howard University in Washington, D.C. The Most Rev. Robert Boxie III, third from left, is pictured with (from left) his sister, Robyn…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (668+ words) Black churches helped sustain communities through slavery, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement. With food insecurity threatening families today, churches can again turn their resources toward collective survival and self-sufficiency. Throughout history, oppressive systems have used faith as a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (809+ words) Leondre Douglas makes a call for the Black-Led churches of the future to provide a spiritual home for people of all races and cultures For many years, conversations about the future of the Black Church in Britain have centred on…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (973+ words) Every so often, little Isis Jones would spend her summers worshipping with the church mothers and praisers at Mount Trial Primitive Baptist Church in the rural area of Sopchoppy, a small, historic town in Wakulla County, Florida, located about 45 minutes…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (343+ words) Preaching, a highly respected and impactful form of oratory within Britain’s Black communities, has changed over the decades. Revd Nathaniel Turner explores how Black preaching as artBlack preaching is an art form. It’s unique and diverse, complex yet simple. It…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (194+ words) Maxine Edgar explores the history, customs and rituals of funerals in the Black community During the enslavement of Black people in the Americas, the enslaved did not have the right to a funeral. However, after much protest, slave masters granted…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (868+ words) Roy Francis looks at how the rise in the numbers of people describing themselves as The post Mixed heritage: What does it mean for the future of the Black Pentecostal Church? appeared first on Keep The Faith ® The UK's Black…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (266+ words) The evening services were held at historic Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, now in its 80th year, with ministers, worshippers and the Baptist Ministers Conference Mass Choir gathering for the annual celebration. In an interview with Michael G. Reel of Reel Urban…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (672+ words) [Episcopal News Service] Sacred Ground, one of The Episcopal Church’s most popular racial reconciliation initiatives in recent years, just got a significant refresh. The 11-session, video-based curriculum for small group discussion examines the United States’ history of white supremacy and…...