I found this article on line via bcnn1.com While American churches overall have declined in attendance, Black churches thrive and encourage entrepreneurship, outreach, and profit-making. Racial and Ethnic Congregations Grow Racial and ethnic congregations are bucking a trend toward decreasing vitality in American congregations, according to
On a recent Sunday morning, the Rev. Stephen Thurston stood on the pulpit before a packed New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago while a health care worker swabbed his upper and lower gums. After his sermon, she announced the results: Thurston had tested negative for HIV. SOURCE: The Chicago Tribune
Father Augustine Tolton was the first U.S. priest of African descent and may one day be a saint from the Archdiocese of Chicago.
