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The majority of black adults in the U.S. believe that to understand the African American experience, it s necessary to understand the role of religious faith in black people s lives, a new study has found.
A Barna survey of 1,083 U.S. black adults, plus 822 black churchgoers, found that four out of five black U.S. adults who align with some type of faith group agree to some extent (41% “strongly,” 38% “somewhat”) that “To understand the African American experience, it is necessary to understand the role of religious faith in the lives of black people.”
Most members of the black church also believe faith is crucial to the black experience, with half (50%) agreeing “strongly” and 38% agreeing “somewhat.” Faith is also considered a source of emotional strength, with nearly all black churchgoers today “strongly” agreeing with this sentiment.
Want to understand Black experience? Learn about African American faith, survey finds
A significant percentage of Black church attendees 69% agree that pastors of Black congregations are the African American community’s most important leaders. Worshippers clap during a 2016 service at the First Baptist Church, a predominantly African-American congregation, in Macon, Georgia. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
February 19, 2021
(RNS) Most religious Black Americans say understanding the role of religion in the lives of Black people is essential for understanding the African American experience, a new Barna Group survey finds.
Four out of five Black adults in the U.S. who have ties to a faith group agree to some extent (41% “strongly” and 38% “somewhat”) that “to understand the African American experience, it is necessary to understand the role of religious faith in the lives of Black people.”
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PHILADELPHIA – As we celebrate Presidents Day, it s important to remember the first five commanders-in-chief were also all Founding Fathers of the nation. What you may not know is how crucial The Founders faith was in America s beginning. And much of that beginning took place in Philadelphia.
In locations all around colonial Philadelphia, Founders who knew the God of Liberty fought to form a nation of liberty.
Take a Do-it-Yourself Tour
The Providence Forum has organized a self-guided Faith and Freedom Tour to show you how Christianity and the intense desire for liberty in these locations birthed this freest of free nations.
from the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators | Special to Presbyterian News Service
LOUISVILLE â During its 2021 annual event, âAnything but Ordinary Time,â held online last week, the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators honored the following four educators.
ENRICH Educator of the Year
Jeannie Ford Andrews, church educator at Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, Arkansas
Jeannie Ford Andrews
Marian Wright Edelman has said, âEducation is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.â These words exemplify how Certified Christian Educator Jeannie Ford Andrews lives out her ministry in the church, community and world.