Olivet Church became the largest African American church ... Tensions finally split the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., the largest historic black denomination, when King and others ...

Those membership and church estimates have likely ... Likewise, the denomination’s flagship school, Nashville’s American ...

Christmas Eve will be observed Tuesday as thousands of people will gather in area churches to celebrate the birth of Jesus ...

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How to reach a younger generation with limited or no religious connection is one of the challenges facing Black churches everywhere.

The four congregations represent four denominations — First Baptist, First Methodist, First Presbyterian, and Golf Course Road Church of Christ — and call themselves “4 Midland,” a play on ...