(NEXSTAR) — The first Black congregations in America pre-date the nation’s founding in 1776. Since then, African American churches continue to support faith, and the fight for Civil Rights across the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, which has hosted funerals for Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass and opened its pews to ...

SaVaughn McClaine spent most of his childhood at church, bonding with his grandmother, a church secretary, and regularly attending service. It’s been almost a decade since this routine, but McClaine ...

A look at how church growth shapes both the blessings and the burdens of pastoral leadership. “Things just aren’t the same around here.” I have heard statements like this throughout my ministry, often ...

As a young boy growing up in Detroit’s Krainz Woods neighborhood during the early 1960s, James Michael Curenton began to learn about his culture, community, history and faith at one magical place ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) — The first Black congregations in ...

There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, which has hosted funerals for Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass and opened its pews to American ...