Carla Clark | For The Republic Pastor James Wood and choir members during the 2025 Community Church Service hosted by the African American Pastor’s Alliance for Black History Month at the Commons, ...

For more than a century, the Historic Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church has been a steadfast anchor in Coconut Grove — a place where faith met resilience, and worship built community. On Saturday ...

(RNS) — The tradition of “Seven Last Words” services hosted by Black churches will mark a new milestone on Good Friday (April 3) when all seven of the active African American women bishops of the ...

The Friday the calendar annually designates as Good offers some of the best preaching in the African American faith community. Representing the sayings of Jesus while dying on the cross of Calvary, it ...

Easter Sunday carries its own cultural traditions with the Black church community. In the Black community, Easter Sunday is more than a religious holiday. While a time to honor the resurrection of ...

Emerging on March 16, 1827, with the debut of “Freedom’s Journal,” the Black Press was started by the intellect, hard work and courage of John Russworm and Rev. Samuel Cornish. Rev. William H. Lamar ...

In the Black community, Easter Sunday is more than a religious holiday. While a time to honor the resurrection of Jesus Christ, according to Biblical accounts, Easter Sunday is also a gathering of ...