Efforts are underway to save a historic Black church from being demolished. The Brevard Chapel United Methodist Church near ...

Richard Allen, born into slavery near Smyrna, rose to found the AME Church and promote rights for African Americans.

There was no disagreement as to whether we should engage,” says Metropolitan AME pastor Bill Lamar, “but there was definitely ...

Narratives about the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s often highlight the influence of the Black church.

First Corinthian is one of more than a dozen churches across the country that has participated in a national pilot, to study ...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding $8.5 million in ...

Zoar Methodist Episcopal Church in Odessa is a refined brick building built in 1881 by free Black residents. The church and adjacent social hall closed in 1998 due to declining membership and ...

Tampa Brown Stuart is the first Black woman in Staunton to take this role at one of the oldest churches in the area.