DALLAS — The Black church is the historical hub of Black traditions and advocacy. Salem Institutional Baptist Church has been that hub for 136 years. It is in sunny South Dallas. “One of the ...

This was the bustling scene outside an early voting site picked out for a “Souls to the Polls” rally that has become a campaign season rite of many Black and Caribbean churches across South ...

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 ...

BLACK CHURCHES in the United States are in crisis, and many have closed in the past 15 years, their leaders have warned. At the third annual Diocesan Leaders for African Descent Ministries conference ...

"Why haven't you endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris?" As the pastor of a Black church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, I get this question more than any other nowadays. I get it from my congregation.

Churches, especially Black churches, have historically played a role in educating Black voters and getting them to the ballot box. Reverend Dr. Jamal Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary ...

Congregants at the historic Durham, North Carolina, church cooled themselves with fans reading “Black voters matter.” Speakers wearing “VOTE” T-shirts stood at a lectern draped in African ...

Vice President Harris made campaign stops at Black churches in Georgia over the weekend, days after sparking controversy among Christian Americans by telling protesters praising Jesus "you're at ...

For 34 years, Rev. Jerry McAfee and New Salem Missionary Baptist Church have been on the front lines of helping community help itself. "Never stop reaching, and that's our motto. We never stop ...

(RNS) — When a Detroit pastor asked Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday (Oct. 15) about her alleged “lack of engagement” with Black church leaders, the Democratic presidential contender ...

(Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) Vice President Kamala Harris started her Sunday at services at the Church of Christian Compassion in West Philadelphia. She told the largely Black ...