Religion

By MATTHEW J. CRESSLER and ADELLE M. BANKS, Religion News Service This content is written and produced by Religion News Service and distributed by The Associated Press. RNS and AP partner on some religion news...

By GARY FIELDS, JULIET LINDERMAN and WONG MAYE-E, Associated Press The Samples were a Black Chicago family, with six children and few resources. The priest helped them with tuition, clothes, bills. He offered the promise...

In the midst of myriad prayers, the Evans family has had to say goodbye to its matriarch, Lois Evans, wife of Dr. Tony Evans, senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas. The...

By Ryan Tarinelli The Associated Press A man stabbed five people as they gathered to celebrate Hanukkah at a rabbi's home in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City, an ambush the governor said...

By The Associated Press  Members of a South Carolina church with a mostly Black membership said someone broke into a building they use for gatherings and set several fires. Someone also broke nearly all the windows...

By Marnita Coleman Special to AFRO Have you ever self-examined your heart? No, not your physical heart that pumps blood throughout your body, but your spiritual heart where thoughts are produced and habits are developed? As...

By Kevin Daniels Special to AFRO Around this time in 1971, James Brown masterfully penned a song entitled “Soul Power,” which highlighted the cultural need for people to reach beyond mere external vices of the times...

By The Associated Press ORLANDO (AP) — The roof has collapsed on a 94-year-old Florida church that was only recently granted historic landmark status, further endangering efforts to preserve the surrounding Black community. No one was...

By Renee Foose Special to the AFRO On Sunday evenings after attending church service and ministering  to several others, Angelo Johnson can be found back at the altar, but not to preach.  Johnson, 43 of Baltimore,...

By The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Black lawmakers in Georgia said Thursday that they will push for a state hate crimes law after a White 16-year-old girl was accused of plotting to attack Black...

By Brianna Rhodes, Special to the AFRO The sixth annual Faith & Fashion Week grand finale took place Nov.16 at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Silver Spring, to celebrate the incorporation of faithful fashionistas. Showcasing many...

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Rapper Kanye West told parishioners at Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch on Sunday that his recent spiritual awakening has made him realize he’s no longer in the...