But let’s be real: the Black church was never a temporary institution — it was built for endurance. It was never just about Sunday morning worship; it was about survival, about liberation ...

Housed at Baylor University, the Black Gospel Archive is dedicated to collecting, preserving and making thousands of Black gospel recordings available.

They liked their emotive form of worship and saw no reason to cast it aside. Nevertheless, most black Southerners ended up joining independent black churches that had been formed in the North ...

The 96-year-old historic Black church is in desperate need ... said restoring their houses of worship also help churches continue to provide critical programs and fight for social justice.

Rev. Dr. Al Sharpton speaks at a special worship service hosted by The Dallas Project Church as part of its Black History ...

Preparations are being made to close an historic Willenhall church where services were first held almost 170 years ago.

Alfred Street Baptist Church, the Alexandria, Virginia-based house of worship dating back to 1803 ... excellence and prophetic tradition of the Black Church," the statement continued.

For years vandals have targeted a number of Black Lives Matter signs at places of worship across the country, from Kingston, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C to a church in Delaware in 2016 and ...

The urgency to fund preservation projects at historic Black churches has long been an issue, Leggs said. Over the years, the Action Fund, with support from the Lilly Endowment Inc., has awarded nearly ...