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COVID-19 Hit Black Churches Harder, but They Weathered It Better

Pastor Lorenzo Neal had the first panic attack of his life on a hot summer night during the pandemic. He imagined it was what a heart attack would feel like. His neighbors called 911. As the pastor of New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Jackson, Mississippi, he was carrying a lot of burdens through […]

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Generations After Slavery, Georgia Neighbors Find Freedom and Repair in Christ

Friends and neighbors Stacie Marshall and Melvin and Betty Mosley chat over coffee in Marshall’s farmhouse kitchen in Dirt Town Valley, Georgia. Windows frame cattle pastures in every direction as they catch up on family weddings and local farming news. A mass of cheerful daffodils rests on the table between them. On the surface, this

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Black Churches Concerned About Expulsion from SBC

Earlier this year, Southern Baptists expelled five churches from the nation’s largest Protestant denomination for having women as pastors. Now, the leader of a fellowship of African American Southern Baptist pastors wonders if their churches will be next. In a letter last week, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s National African American Fellowship asked

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Pastor charged after one of his sons accidentally shoots his brother

A North Carolina pastor is facing criminal charges after one of his young sons accidentally shot his brother. The Burke County Sheriff’s Office released a statement Monday to announce that it was charging Adam Vines with “Failure to Store a firearm to Protect Minors.” The charge against Vines comes six weeks after his 2-year-old son

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A record nearly 50,000 Americans, mostly men, died by suicide in 2022

Nearly 50,000 Americans committed suicide in 2022, the “highest number ever recorded in the United States,” according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which shows that the majority of suicides were men. In a report released this month from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, government researchers said the

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