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Seeking autonomy, some black religious leaders like Richard Allen founded separate black denominations. [29] The Second Great Awakening (1800–20s) has been called the "central and defining event in the development of Afro-Christianity". [30] Free black religious leaders also established black churches in the South before 1860.
The Black church (sometimes termed Black Christianity or African American Christianity) is the faith and body of Christian denominations and congregations in the United States that predominantly minister to, and are also led by African Americans, [1] as well as these churches' collective traditions and members.
Pages in category "Historically African-American Christian denominations" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Christianity can be taxonomically divided into six main groups: the Church of the East, Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and Restorationism. [8] [9] Within these six main traditions are various Christian denominations (for example, the Coptic Orthodox Church is an Oriental
The National Baptist Convention, USA, is one of four major Black Baptist denominations in the U.S. and is the oldest and largest of the four. The denomination, with between 5.2 million and 7.5 ...
Historically African-American Christian denominations (8 C, 44 P) Historically black Christian schools (2 C, ... Religion of Black Americans; S.
Black Methodism in the United States is the Methodist tradition within the Black Church, largely consisting of congregations in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME), African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AME Zion or AMEZ), Christian Methodist Episcopal denominations, as well as those African American congregations in other Methodist denominations, such as the Free Methodist Church.
This exploitation undermines our religion and furthers divisive and hateful policies. Polling by PRRI reveals 10% of Americans adhere to Christian nationalism, with 19% sympathizing with its values.