(RNS) — Between President Joe Biden’s campaign exit and Vice President Kamala Harris’ decision on her running mate, Black church leaders were busy whipping up support for the Democratic presidential ...

Daryl Grigsby on the burning need for ordained female ministry to honor Christian tradition and enliven a stagnant, ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A leading African cardinal says African cultures and “a certain mentality in the Church” have put women in a disadvantaged position. Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa ...

The “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the role of Black women during the Great Migration. American Black Journal’s "Black Church in Detroit" series looks at the influence Black women had in ...

Over a hundred congregations have received up to a half-million dollars to repair deteriorating buildings and restore their ...

As Black unemployment climbs to its highest since 2021, Ayanna Pressley is demanding the Federal Reserve intervene in the ...

America’s most churched demographic is slipping from religious life. We must go after them. When I was four years old, I went missing for three hours. While it was a common occurrence for my parents ...

Rev. Jonathan Edwards, the famed theologian of Northampton, Massachusetts, and later president of Princeton, enslaved several individuals. In 1741, Edwards purchased a “Negro girl” for his household ...

The Baptist Women's Educational Convention (BWEC), the oldest Black Baptist women's organization in the U.S., is being revitalized. The BWEC, founded in 1883, originally served as the primary funding ...