About 280 million Africans, or a fifth of the continent's population, are Catholic, making up 20% of the world's Catholics. The "elevation of an African pope would be not only symbolic but also ...

The Christian church in Africa is undeniably flourishing, with statistics showing a significant increase in the number of Christians across the continent. There were an estimated 734 million ...

First African Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa will host a day of events on June 9 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Tuesday," a pivotal moment in the city's civil rights movement.

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — As calls for decolonization and reparations for the transatlantic slave trade gain momentum globally, African church leaders, theologians and religious scholars gathered ...

Several people broke into a historic African American church in Maryland last month and left damage behind, Montgomery County police said. About 11 p.m. Nov. 25, the group forced its way into ...

A historic Black Church in D.C. is now the owner of the Proud Boys’ trademark after the far-right group vandalized the church’s Black Lives Matter sign in 2020. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

After searching for two years, Naples' oldest African American baptist church has found a new pastor. In 2022, Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church grieved the death of their pastor, Lonnie Mills.

Eventually, the Lafayette school trustees approved a public school at the African Methodist Episcopal Church. When the school first opened in September 1869, it was recorded that 49 students enrolled.