Nationally 45,000 Black Americans die from tobacco-related diseases every year.. That’s one reason Donna Morrow signed up her outreach ministry for the No Menthol Sunday campaign.The national ...

And Black churches are more likely to offer services for the elderly, tutoring or GED classes for students, outreach to incarcerated people and citizenship and voter-registration programs.

WASHINGTON ‒ Time has taken its toll on some of the stained-glass windows and hand-stenciled ceiling beams at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. The 96-year-old historic Black church is in ...

A historically Black church in Detroit just received a major gift of nearly $500,000 to help restore the building to its former glory. "There are mechanical things that need to be done; there are ...

The trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund has raised more than $150 million to preserve historic African American sites. The Preserving Black Churches program specifically ...

The Black church has never been about exclusion. It has never been “Black only.” Instead, it has been unapologetically Black, standing in the truth that Christianity must confront injustice ...

The Charleston peninsula's three historically Black Episcopal churches, St. Mark's, St. Stephen's and Calvary, lamented together the church's role in slavery.

Black theology emphasizes God as liberator, said Valerie Cooper, associate professor of Black church studies at Duke Divinity School. (Ben Goode/Dreamstime) For many who grew up in predominantly ...

“For Black churches — and I think Black people and communities — our faith is not in politics. Our hope, our trust is in God, and specifically, the God who makes us free,” Leath said.

Experts explain how theology in Black churches emphasizes civic engagement and how that impacts election-related activities in the church.

Black Catholic churches in Baltimore face closure, affecting a disproportionate number of Black Catholics. The Archdiocese of Baltimore's plan aims to reduce costs.