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When Black Americans leave religion, it’s rarely a clean break. “We don’t have the privilege to not need God, or some type of God or spirituality,” said William Matthews, a

When Black Americans leave organized religion, the majority of them still retain some degree of faith in a higher power, a new Pew study shows. The central role religious institutions played in securing civil rights is one reason why, say experts.

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When Black Americans leave religion, it’s rarely a clean break. “We don’t have the privilege to not need God, or some type of God or spirituality,” said William Matthews, a

When Black Americans leave religion, it’s rarely a clean break. “We don’t have the privilege to not need God, or some type of God or spirituality,” said William Matthews, a

(RNS) — When Black Americans leave religion, they rarely leave it altogether. But even as they retain elements of Christian culture, what other communities are they embracing beyond the church?

ATLANTA (RNS) — These spiritual communities discard doctrine, prefer questions over answers and have no intention of converting anybody to anything.

This Quoircast podcast episode is brought to you by The Seeds of De(con)struction by Nat Turney. Published by Quoir and available now. In this episode we chat with Felicia Murrell & Mercy Aiken Felicia is an ordained pastor with River Fellowship and presently resides in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, Doug. Together they have served in church leadership and ministerial roles for almost 20 years. Currently, they oversee Wise Counsel Ministries bringing transformation to both people and org...

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