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 ...
Eventually Obama broke with Wright and left Trinity, but his speech illuminated the role of the black church in the African American experience. Standing apart from the dominant white society ...
(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 ...
The Black Church PAC is playing a crucial role in boosting Black voter turnout ahead of the 2024 U.S. election. With just weeks remaining, the organization is actively mobilizing Black voters.
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 many who grew up in predominantly Black church congregations, the importance of public involvement was intertwined with historical and theological teachings. “Part of the importance to me ...
Dr. Cheryl Coleman, a minister at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. “The Black church, that’s the one place many of us come for help and hope and really for the social ills that we face.” ...
(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 ...
Blue also recognized the Rev. Dr. Willie G. Mayberry, the elder of Black preachers in the Gainesville area and pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, whom Blue referred to as his “beloved daddy ...