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Marvin Winans, Perfecting Church, theGrio.com
October 21, 2025
Footage of Bishop Marvin Winans confronting a churchgoer over $1,200 donation began circulating online this week.
September 24, 2025
Pastors warn against comparisons to Martin Luther King Jr., noting Kirk’s attacks on civil rights, immigrants, and people of color.
September 15, 2025
Wesley’s sermon drew applause as he denounced the Trump administration, white supremacy, and what he called America’s “selective compassion.”
August 11, 2025
As gentrification, declining attendance and pandemic-era shifts reshape Brooklyn’s Black churches, choirs work to preserve music traditions.
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April 23, 2025
In a March 27 executive order, Trump alleged that Smithsonian exhibits had disparaged the nation's history.
Proud Boys, Proud Boys merch, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal, theGrio.com
February 13, 2025
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal in Washington, D.C., won the trademark for the “Proud Boys” in early February.
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January 8, 2025
A video of a young woman being made to apologize for becoming pregnant out-of-wedlock has restarted online discourse about the…
Pastor Keion Henderson, theGrio.com
October 14, 2024
In a recently resurfaced sermon, the celebrated megachurch pastor used a popular white supremacist of the prosperity gospel to explain…
April 28, 2024
Black women pastors have expressed being worn down by the physical and psychological toll of working in a male-dominated culture.
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February 22, 2024
The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Preserving Black Churches grant honors the legacy and contributions of Black churches in the…
May 1, 2023
Founded the year of Lincoln's assassination, Zion Baptist still has a choir capable of divine singing, but it's shrunk by…
May 4, 2022
Church leaders in America are being asked to show support for the LGBTQ community as anti-LGBTQ legislation sweeps the nation.
Prathia Hall theGrio.com
March 8, 2022
Black women in the clergy have changed and continue to change the American religious landscape. Here are 10 to know.
January 30, 2022
As we honor our new year's resolution for a robust spiritual life, it will require a journey beyond the surface.
January 19, 2022
Todd posted regrets for being "disgusting," but the megachurch pastor's viral moment continues to trend on social media.
January 18, 2022
Writer and theologian Candice Marie Benbow explores the deeper implications of Pastor Mike Todd's viral spitting moment.
Candice Benbow red Lip Theology theGrio.com
January 18, 2022
Candice Marie Benbow's debut memoir is a revealing exploration of Black women's relationship to the traditional Black church.
Ahmaud Arbery
November 12, 2021
Black pastors react to defense attorney's name courtroom statements during trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
October 28, 2021
Families of the victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church have reached a settlement with…
A large painting depicting the face of George Floyd
April 21, 2021
George Floyd is no longer with us, but his spirit lives on in a verdict that means so much to…