Posts in category Prayerful Living

PHOTO COURTESY OF AIR1.COM New York (AP) – As in-person worship services are canceled or downsized amid the coronavirus outbreak, some churches across the U.S. …

Chicago (AP) – Tucked deep in the obituary for Charles Recka was an announcement that a Mass celebrating his 87 years of life “will be …

PHOTO COURTESY OF TAIPHILA.ORG Darby, Pa, (AP) – Alma Bailey wanted to be an opera singer. Instead, she served her country in a time of …

Birmingham, Ala. (AP) – Antebellum Southern plantations were built on the backs of enslaved people, and many of those plantations hold places of honor on …

Montgomery, Ala. (AP) – Bernard Lafayette Jr. remembers the blood, the screams and the pain inflicted on Freedom Riders in Montgomery. He remembers the beating …

PHOTO COURTESY OF BROWARD.ORG ATLANTA, GA (Black PR Wire) – Returning to BET Networks for the seventh consecutive year on Saturday, Feb. 1, the 21st …

PHOTO COURTESY OF AFRO.COM INDIANOLA, Miss. (AP) – A historical marker in Mississippi will commemorate the legacy of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Research …

By ADELLE M. BANKS Religion News Service Keller, Texas (RNS) – For four hours at a megachurch outside of Dallas, pastors of color shared their …

Philadelphia (AP) – In the eight years since he became a pastor at First Immanuel Baptist Church, Todd Johnson says he’s seen his congregation’s politics …

PHOTO COURTESY OF ALBAWABA.COM Khartoum, Sudan (AP) – The Sudanese Christian marchers weaved through bustling markets and traffic-clogged streets wearing “I Love Jesus” T-shirts or …