as other congregations sprang up across the country. The white Methodist Church remained unfriendly and worked to maintain as much control of the black Church as possible. Richard Allen published ...

An unusual partnership between a Black Baptist church and a white Presbyterian church, born out of need, has become an experiment in bridging America's racial divides.

Some traditions haven’t changed much in the 173-year history of the St. Andrews African Methodist Episcopal Church in Sacramento, like the singing that moves the soul.