Study: Black Americans Want Religious Services to Deal with Racial Equality voanews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from voanews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Feb 20, 2021
FILE - In this Monday, July 11, 2016 file photo, Paul Bronson prays during a Black Lives Matter prayer vigil at First Baptist Church, a predominantly African-American congregation, in Macon, Ga. According to a Pew study released on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, Black Americans attend church more regularly than Americans overall, and pray more often. Most of them attend churches that are predominantly Black yet many would like those congregations to become racially diverse. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
NEW YORK Black Americans attend church more regularly than Americans overall, and pray more often. Most attend churches that are predominantly Black, yet many would like those congregations to become racially diverse. There is broad respect for Black churches’ historical role in seeking racial equality, coupled with a widespread perception they have lost influence in recent decades.
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By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer February 19, 2021 9:10 am
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On June 1, 2020, Hanz Jouissance holds up a fist at the conclusion of a prayer vigil at the First AME church in Seattle, following protests over the weekend over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) $cvals
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On July 11, 2016, Paul Bronson prays during a Black Lives Matter vigil at First Baptist Church, a predominantly African-American congregation, in Macon, Ga. According to a Pew study released on Tuesday, Black Americans attend church more regularly than Americans overall, and pray more often. Most of them attend churches that are predominantly Black yet many would like those congregations to become racially diverse. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
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