WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered ...

On Juneteenth, the community celebrated the groundbreaking for the African Baptist Meeting House and the public opening of ...

In newly formed Black congregations, the famous abolitionist and others were able to live out their faith—and affirm their ...

The Black church is given credit because one cannot ... The second period of Klan resurgence was in the early 20 th century ...

In universities, the history of the early Black church found a home in Africana studies, which focused more on the growth of Christianity among Black people and less on the type of Christianity ...

A Texas historical landmark was erected in 2020 on the church’s former Preston Road site in North Dallas. Like other early Black churches, Bethlehem Baptist Church first met in homes and a brush ...