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 ...

His church is not alone, as other predominantly Black congregations are taking similar steps. Turner said he got the idea from the Rev. Otis Moss III of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago ...

Proud Boys destroyed Black Lives Matter signs at two historically Black churches during a violent night in the city. “The act of destroying these signs was not just alcohol-lubricated ...

Since its founding during the era of slavery, the Black church ... platform for churches and nonprofits, in partnership with the Lake Institute on Faith and Giving at the Lilly Family School ...

DENVER, N.C. — Efforts are underway to save a historic Black church from being demolished. The Brevard Chapel United Methodist Church near Denver was built after the Civil War by formerly ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new marker in Springfield, Missouri, honors historic Black churches. Drury University is ... of belonging, of family," he said. One exhibit will recreate the office of former Rev. Oliver Brown ...

THE MONEY IS COMING FROM THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION’S AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE ACTION FUND. NOW, THIS CHURCH IS ON A HILLTOP IN PICKENS COUNTY IN PUMPKINTOWN.

Historic Black churches have been labeled as the cornerstones of communities for centuries.... Thirty historically Black churches of different denominations were named recipients of $8.5 million ...

Since then, African American churches continue to support faith, and the fight for Civil Rights across the country and in Chicago. The origins of the Black church in America could conceivably be ...