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For Black Catholics in Milwaukee and beyond, Pope Leo brings hope of social justice, belonging
As Pope Leo XIV settles into his papacy, the three million U.S. Black Catholics contemplate its deeper meaning, as questions ...
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Cityline: The contemporary Black Church
SO AHEAD OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THERE WAS TALK THAT BLACK PEOPLE WERE MOVING AWAY FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THAT HOW IS CHURCH TIED TO THAT MOVE, AND HOW HAS THAT IMPACTED VOTER ...
The Christian Century1mon
Black Church is my mother tongue
To speak Black Church is to dwell in a world of metaphors, similes, analogies, and linguistic wordplay all centered on a God who is present, active, real, and engaged in the lives of Black ...
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The Black church’s role in Civil Rights and social justice continues to grow
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 across the ...
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More Black Church Members Attend Services Online, Pastors Cite Lack In ‘Giving Time, Talent, And Tenth’
Shelton continued. “The church has always been the vessel that we, as Black people, have used to have community and solidarity. It’s the church that connects [Black society], so as the nones ...
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The Future of Faith: How the Black church, a cornerstone of Cleveland, is addressing modern challenges
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 ...
The Atlantic9mon
Democrats Can’t Rely on the Black Church Anymore
church-attendance rates are falling among younger Black people. Nearly half of Black Gen Zers and Millennials say they “seldom or never” attend church—which is true of only a quarter of ...
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The Black Church Has a Gen-Z Issue: ‘They Don’t Come Into the Building Anymore’
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 ...
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A historic Black church took the Proud Boys to court. Now it controls their trademark
The church can seize money the Proud Boys make ... “Washington’s been a very interesting town, because Black people have been able to live lives here that they couldn’t live elsewhere ...
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Baltimore Choir Takes Black Church Worship to Carnegie Hall
Word In Black Dr. Marco Merrick conducting Baltimore's Community Concert Choir. (WIB) - On Pentecost Sunday, June 8, the ...
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In 1775, a Church Where Black & White Could Worship Together
The Bull Run Baptist Church is no more ... although the Civil War was fought over slavery and obtaining equality for Black people, “It hasn’t yet resulted in the full recognition of that ...