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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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Rev. Jerome Washington, pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, looks out over the congregation during service on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019.
NEW YORK (AP) 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.
Those are among the key findings in a comprehensive report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center, which surveyed 8,660 Black adults across the United States about their religious experiences. It is Pew’s first large-scale survey on the topic.