Tag: Church
The history of Birmingham’s 141-year-old Broad St. Missionary Church
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
A quiet dignity is noticed every time Elmore Quarles reads the history of her place of worship, Broad...
A Jewish synagogue opened its doors to Christian congregation after its...
By Loumay Alesali and Christina Zdanowicz
CNN
A church that lost its worship home to a Christmas Day fire has found a new home in a...
AIDS Memorial Quilt on display at Woodlawn Methodist Church
By Marti Webb Slay
Alabama NewsCenter
After Jan Conway’s son Michael died from AIDS in 1988, she and her daughters memorialized him with a block in...
Faith community called on to help curb tobacco use; clergy, others...
By Monique Jones
For the Birmingham Times
The Rev. James V. Tyus Jr. is the pastor of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church-Norwood and a former smoker. He...
110th Annual Session of the National Baptist Congress arrives in Birmingham
Photos by Stephonia Taylor Mclinn
Dr. Sheila Bailey, author and President of Sheila B Ministries Inc. delivered the keynote address for the Women of Wisdom...
Church leaders, researchers meet at UAB to discuss HIV epidemic
By Ebone’ Parks
The Birmingham Times
Members of the black church and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) met this week to discuss ways to...
History of the National Baptist Congress
In 1906, Reverend Dr. Richard Henry Boyd, founder of the National Baptist Publishing Board, opened an educational center that published National Baptist Publishing Board...
Black Clergywomen: Bringing the Word with Fire and Femininity!
By Salaam Green
For the Birmingham Times
A number of women pastors and preachers throughout the Birmingham metro area are making a difference. These women of...
Foot Soldiers’ Reunion at the St. Paul A.M.E. Church-Smithfield.
Members of the Civil Rights Activist Committee this month held their annual Foot Soldiers’ Reunion at the St. Paul A.M.E. Church-Smithfield.
The gathering featured art...
JURY DELIBERATIONS START AT TRIAL AGAINST 2 POLYGAMOUS TOWNS
BY JACQUES BILLEAUD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHOENIX(AP) -- A federal attorney argued Wednesday that officials in two Arizona and Utah cities routinely took orders from the leaders of...