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(RNS) — After a four-year COVID-19 delay, and the departure of about 25% of its U.S. churches, the United Methodist Church is meeting again and the issue of human sexuality is back on the agenda.

Watching Mother Emanuel AME congregants shout down pro-Palestine demonstrators showed that Zionism is alive and well in the Black church. It was one of the most despicable and heartbreaking things I’ve ever seen from my own people.

President Joe Biden was interrupted by those demanding a ceasefire in Gaza as he spoke at Mother Emanuel AME in Charleston, South Carolina, Monday.

In 1870 in the home of Mrs. Lucille Thomas, 215 S. Clark St. in Moberly, two Black folk gathered to organize what became Grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church. On Saturday afternoon Black …

The old chapel dates to 1835, built according to instructions from Martha Carolina Swinton Ball Taveau, a staunch Presbyterian. After her death in 1847, the chapel was used by Black

Meet Sally Vonner, the new General Secretary and CEO of United Women in Faith proving powerful women defy the odds at every stage in life.

The plan was approved by the North Georgia UMC as a way to honor Red Oak United Methodist Church, a small historically Black congregation in Griffin,

(RNS) — After funding from the United Methodist Church General Conference ended and in-person events were put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, the AAMHC is looking for donations in order to continue its work.

(The Conversation) — African American churches have long provided spaces for not only spiritual formation but also political activism.

With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism and increasing income inequality, some scholars and activists are soul-searching about the Black church’s role in today’s United States.