The Black church (sometimes termed Black Christianity or African American Christianity) is the faith and body of Christian denominations and congregations in the United States that predominantly minister to, and are also led by African Americans, [1] as well as these churches' collective traditions and members.

2021年3月9日 · The Black Church was the cultural cauldron that Black people created to combat a system designed to crush their spirit. Collectively and with enormous effort, they refused to allow that to happen.

2024年12月17日 · The Black Church served as the place where African Americans could politically, socially and religiously do and say whatever they wanted. It provided essential community resources, like educational programs, financial assistance, and social services, to a smaller population who sat on the fringes.

2021年2月19日 · Here are nine facts you should know about one of the most formative institutions in African American history. 1. The catch-all “black church” is often sociological and theological shorthand. C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya explain this development in The Black Church in the African American Experience (Duke University Press, 1990).

2024年6月6日 · The Black church in America has served communities and the nation for centuries.

2021年2月17日 · In the centuries since its birth in the time of slavery, the Black Church has stood as the foundation of Black religious, political, economic, and social life.

The vast majority of Black Americans are Protestants, with descendants of American chattel slavery being largely Baptists or adhering to other forms of Evangelical Protestantism. [5] According to a survey conducted between November 9, 2019, and June 2, 2020, Pew Research found that 78% of Black American adults have a religious affiliation compared to 72% of American adults generally, and about ...

2021年2月16日 · Far fewer say predominantly Black churches (10%), the federal government (7%), predominantly Black Muslim organizations (3%) or predominantly White churches (1%) have done the most to help Black people move toward equality in the United States.

2023年2月3日 · 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...

2025年1月21日 · Mother Bethel AME Church, rests on the oldest parcel of land continuously owned by African Americans in the United States.Fed up with racial discrimination and segregation experienced at a white Methodist church, formerly enslaved person Richard Allen established the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first Black denomination of the Methodist church, in 1787 and opened Mother Bethel AME ...