Black churches have long supported youth through education, mentorship, and leadership opportunities, but changing generational dynamics and declining attendance—especially post-pandemic—pose new ...

Activists Jamal Bryant and Nekima Levy Armstrong both called for the National Baptist Convention to return $300K Target ...

Faith, fellowship and family collide at the Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church, a tightly knit congregation tucked just ...

The Rev. Dr. Brown explained in a 2019 Church News video that “Come, Come Ye Saints” and the iconic Black spiritual “Lift Every Voice and Sing” are two of his favorites because they tell the stories ...

Black women in Louisville are inviting people of every color and faith tradition to join a movement to support Simmons College of Kentucky.

How many straight, Black men over 50 would consider texting a bro and suggesting a big night out together at Chicago Shakespeare Theater? Not that many, would be the honest truth. Women buy most ...

The Negro accepted the doctrines but brought to the spirit of worship an intensity arising from repression. Hymns reflected both the African origin of the Negro and the agony of his existence.

In the North Carolina sharecropper's shanty where Glenn Settle grew up, his mother used to sing the old Negro spirituals to him. Between songs, she told him: "If white and colored folks ...

"Our Faith Stories from the Church Balcony" Summary This documentary showcases the birth of the Black Baptist Convention in South Carolina, focusing on faith, resilience, and community impact.

From “Victory in Jesus” to “I’ll Fly Away”, over 600 fans of the Red Back Hymnal gathered Sunday night at the Ridgedale Baptist Church in Chattanooga for the third Sunday singing ...

After doing some crowdsourcing with my divinity school friends, here is some of the music we’ve been listening to this week.

In 2014 the Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal published the “Days Past” column about musical recordings that were done at Emmaus Baptist Church in the fall of 1938.… ...