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Religious Leaders to Mark MLK Day with Early Start for 2024 Voter Mobilization

For Black church leaders and multiracial coalitions, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, less than 300 days from Election Day, has come to represent the unofficial start to voter mobilization efforts.

Pandemic Boosted Resilience, Hurt Financial Health of Black Churches, Report Says

A new report highlights the challenges faced by Black and multiracial churches, as well as their resilience, in the wake of COVID-19.

Free Religion Research Webinars Aim to Help Churches Thrive

The Hartford Institute for Religion Research will be offering a free webinar series this month to help faith leaders better understand the challenges and possibilities for congregations and pastors to thrive.

Suicide Prevention in Black Churches: Reclaiming Culture and Power

Soul Shop for Black Churches, a faith-based, suicide prevention resource, has recognized the central role the Black church plays in the community. Preparing leaders of faith communities to provide culturally and psychologically-based support to struggling community members is a step toward reclaiming cultural power and identity in the face of suicide, stress and hardship.

We’re Going To Be Alright

That’s when I realized that despite all madness that has been happening, black Catholics, black Americans will be alright. We are going to be alright. We always are.

A year after the Charleston church shooting, what has changed?

In the wake of the shooting at Emanuel, congregations in the AME and other black churches have ratcheted up security — installing cameras and, in some cases, posting armed ushers. Officers sometimes sit in on Bible study, and law enforcement ran a background check on Campbell Chapel’s unfamiliar visitor.

Black churches bucking the trend of decline

But historically black denominations have bucked that trend, holding on to a steady percent of members during that same period.

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