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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.
Smith, R. Drew, ed. Long March ahead: African American churches and public policy in post-civil rights America (2004). Sobel, M. Trabelin' On: The Slave Journey to an Afro-Baptist Faith (1979) Southern, Eileen. The Music of Black Americans: A History (1997) Spencer, Jon Michael. Black hymnody: a hymnological history of the African-American ...
Pages in category "Historically African-American Christian denominations" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Historically African American denominations are usually categorized differently from evangelicals or mainline. [60] However, in 2014 the Christian Century identified that these groups "fit the mainline description." [61] African Methodist Episcopal Church 2.5 million [62] African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 1.4 million [63]
The nation's largest group of Black Protestants is meeting this week for a high-stakes gathering that could thrust the denomination into an unprecedented leadership crisis − just as it faces ...
The AME Church was founded by Richard Allen (1760–1831) in 1816 when he called together five African American congregations of the previously established Methodist Episcopal Church with the hope of escaping the discrimination that was commonplace in society, including some churches. [7]
Rev. Jerry Young, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, gives his farewell address as outgoing president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, which is the nation's largest ...
The African Union Methodist Protestant Church (AUMPC), abbreviated as A.U.M.P. Church, is a Methodist denomination. It was chartered by Peter Spencer (1782–1843) in Wilmington, Delaware , in 1813 as the "Union Church of Africans", where it became known as the "African Union Church".