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    Historic Massachusetts AMEZ Church Building to be Turned into Community Center

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    GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (AP) — A historic Black church in Massachusetts will be turned into a community center to celebrate a local town's African-American...

    Being Black and Jewish during the High Holidays

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    This week, Sept. 20-22, marked Rosh Hashana, one of the most important holidays in Judaism, and Yom Kippur, the other major holiday, will be...

    Survey: White Christians are Now a Minority of US Population

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    NEW YORK (AP) — The share of Americans who identify as White and Christian has dropped below 50 percent, a transformation fueled by immigration...

    First AME Church in Pueblo, Colorado Celebrates 143rd Anniversary

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    PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Pueblo was only five years old and still considered a burgeoning territorial town when St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church...

    Black Pastors Urge Social Change

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    The recent display of White supremacy in Charlottesville, Va.—which left three dead and several seriously injured--has not only left the American population stunned and...

    Sister Mary Alice Chineworth–‘Oblate Sisters of Providence’; Beloved by So Many, Dies at 99

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    (Baltimore-Updated 7/15/2017) Sister Mary Alice Chineworth, a towering spiritual figure in Baltimore's Catholic community as a member of the Oblate Sisters at the St....

    Baltimore Area Church News

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    Pastor Sandy Johnson Dies Pastor Sandy Johnson, of the Fresh Waters Ministries church in Parkville died suddenly, on June 23. She was 62. Pastor Johnson...

    Amid Uproar, Southern Baptists “Decry Every Form of Racism”

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    PHOENIX (AP) — Southern Baptists on Wednesday formally condemned the political movement known as the "alt-right," in a national meeting that was thrown into...

    Celebrating Ramadan in Baltimore

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    Starting the evening of Friday, May 26, millions of Muslims around the world began their recognition of Ramadan; the ninth month on the Islamic...

    Nigerian Archbishop Filibus Elected Head of Lutheran Church

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    JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A Nigerian archbishop has become president of the Lutheran church. Archbishop Musa Panti Filibus was elected as head of the Lutheran World...

    Robinson Named New President of Black Minister’s Conference of Montgomery County, Md.

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    The Black Minister’s Conference of Montgomery County, Maryland recently installed Haywood Robinson as its president through 2019. Robinson previously served as vice president of the organization,...

    Bishop J. L. Carter Installed as New President of Ministers Conference of Baltimore &...

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    Bishop J.L. Carter was inaugurated as the new President of The Ministers Conference of Baltimore and Vicinity on Jan. 23 at the Ark Church...
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