Tag: Church
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...
Lifting Up Christ to Uplift the Church and the Community
By: Brittany Young
At the end of each year, we all like to make new-year resolutions or goals that we hope to fulfill in the...
TEEN RECOUNTS DEADLY BEATING INSIDE SECRETIVE CHURCH
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- Called to a meeting in the sanctuary of their church, teenage brothers Christopher and Lucas Leonard were told to...
NATIONAL BLACK PROGRAMMING CONSORTIUM RELEASES STATEMENT
New Executive Director Makes Push to Advance the Dialogue
on Race in America in Wake of Recent Attacks
NEW YORK (July 7, 2015)—Leslie Fields-Cruz, executive director...
From the CAC of REV Birmingham
The Community Affairs Committee of REV Birmingham, deplores the racist terrorism at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. We send our deepest sympathy to...