Black churches nationwide can now apply for tens of thousands of dollars in grant money to preserve their historic buildings. The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund at the National Trust ...

African Americans have long ministered to Black people abroad. Those communities are now increasingly migrating to the US. The group’s captivity was a violation of previously established tradition ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As the clock nears midnight on New Year’s Eve, many African American churches and households across the country gather not to just ring in a new year, but to honor a powerful ...

Hidden in rural Georgia stands an African American church built in 1886, founded by a congregation that first gathered under a brush arbor in 1876. The building is remarkably preserved, still ...

A panel of local church leaders is held at the historic Wesley Temple AME Zion Church in Akron. Mark Greer, executive director of Akron 200, moderates a panel discussion on the local history of the ...

As he does one day each month, the Rev. Robert Turner hit the road from his home in Baltimore last week and traveled — on foot — 43 miles (69 kilometers) to Washington. He arrived by evening on April ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The first time I went to a mostly African American church service, I was blown away by the music. One word came to mind – Motown. I felt the same beat, the same spirit of listening ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — Shiloh Baptist Church, a historically Black church in Alexandria, Va., was awarded $360,000. The award is part of a larger $13.5M commitment from the African American ...