The Black Church

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May 17, 2024
The Rev. Brandon Thomas Crowley hopes his new book, “Queering the Black Church,” can serve as a guide to help…
January 29, 2024
Biden spoke at St. John Baptist Church on the final day of a visit designed to rally Black voters before…
Matthew Head thegrio.com
February 20, 2021
Matthew Head discusses with theGrio learning new history about African-American churches during his latest composing assignment.
Nigel Shelby thegrio.com
May 3, 2019
Rev. Nyle Fort believes homophobic bullies and silent bystanders like the Black church failed the openly gay, Alabama teen who…
September 24, 2013
ESSAY - A conversation about HIV/AIDS must begin in the pulpit and reach the pew so it can reverberate to…
June 27, 2013
OPINION - Wednesday's Supreme Court decisions srtiking down DOMA and Prop 8 provide our community with the opportunity for honest…
March 28, 2013
With a new exhibit called “Ashe to Amen: African Americans and Biblical Imagery,” Dr. Leslie King-Hammond examines what Black people…
March 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - While many across America are hopeful that the Supreme Court will react on the side of the…
September 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Vanessa Long received a standing ovation for revealing her struggles almost exactly two years after her husband's…
August 7, 2012
OPINION - It is most hilarious that some Christian blacks are rushing to eat fried chicken to show how righteously…
July 23, 2012
A study last year tracked 2,433 participants, 41 percent of which were African American, for 18 years, only to find…
May 20, 2012
OPINION - A theGrio reader speaks directly to those leaders of the black church who focus on what they call…
May 16, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The same sex marriage debate spilled onto the airwaves and on Twitter last Thursday, when Michael Eric…
May 14, 2012
OPINION - We are currently in the midst of a crisis and we are facing a decision: whether we are…
May 14, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - On the first Sunday after President Barack Obama made history as the first U.S. president to openly…