“The basic problem facing Black people is their powerlessness,” he once said.

In a small candlelit room in western Kenya, worshippers dressed in white gathered at Christmas to mark the birth of what they describe as the "Black Messiah". Speaking to AFP on the sidelines of a ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A leading African cardinal says African cultures and “a certain mentality in the Church” have put women in a disadvantaged position. Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa ...

The “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the role of Black women during the Great Migration. American Black Journal’s "Black Church in Detroit" series looks at the influence Black women had in ...

America’s most churched demographic is slipping from religious life. We must go after them. When I was four years old, I went missing for three hours. While it was a common occurrence for my parents ...

Please join the DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION for this special lecture given by Dr. Damaris Parsitau, Director of the Nagel Institute. Drawing upon years of ethnographic research and robust literature review ...

(RNS) — In a recent sermon at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, Pastor William Lamar IV introduced the congregation to the concept of “Black on Black care.” The concept, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, which has hosted funerals for Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass and opened its pews to ...

In the foreword of D. Danyelle Thomas’ The Day God Saw Me as Black, actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor writes an opinion that reads like more of a statement of fact: “Black folks made God good.” The saints ...

It started with a Jan. 5 live stream of a church service on Facebook. In it, a young woman, fighting back tears, stands in front of her church congregation, publicly confesses she is pregnant and ...

Discover the legacy of Mary Church Terrell, cofounder of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, educator, and women’s rights advocate. Photograph of Mary Church Terrell by Addison N.

Ponte Vedra cyclist Patrick McGarry is training for a cross-country journey in 2026 to honor his sister and support the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Read full article: Community to honor 9-year-old ...