Even as America celebrates Black History Month the coronavirus is taking a toll on minority communities. Data shows Black Americans have a higher risk of getting COVID and dying from the virus. Hundreds of Black churches decided to close in March to protect their members, and they haven’t been open since.
A 19th-century church has risen from the waters of a central Mexican lake after being submerged for decades the result of a recent drought that is plaguing the region.
The Church of the Virgin of Dolores disappeared in 1979 when the Purisima Dam was built and buried the colonial community of El Zangarro, Mexico News Daily said.
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The American Recovery Plan is good news for the poor in the midst of a global pandemic which should cheer Christians in both parties. Dawn breaks at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
March 9, 2021
(RNS) It isn’t often that a bill comes before Congress that is principled, pragmatic and popular.
The American Recovery Plan, which lays out a bold and significant investment in the fight against COVID-19, is all three. It addresses the deep inequities of suffering from the pandemic, including the racial and wealth disparities, meets immediate and urgent needs of the moment
Even as America celebrates Black History Month the coronavirus is taking a toll on minority communities. Data shows Black Americans have a higher risk of getting COVID and dying from the virus. Hundreds of Black churches decided to close in March to protect their members, and they haven’t been open since.
ATLANTA – For many African Americans, Black History Month is celebrated in the church. However, since the coronavirus pandemic began, many churches have closed to protect their congregations.
Bearean Christian Church in Stone Mountain, Ga., closed its doors the third Sunday in March and they haven’t opened since. Usually, the parking lot is filled but for nearly a year it has been empty, and the sanctuary has been silent.
Rev. Dr. Juel P. Borders-Benson, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. William Holmes Borders, Sr. from Wheat Street Baptist Church
This week on The Local Take, we join forces with PBS to support the premiere of their documentary The Black Church. I reached out to Wheat Street Baptist Church, which began in 1869. This church was led by the late Rev. Dr. Williams Holmes Borders, Sr.. I speak with his daughter Rev. Dr. Juel Borders-Benson, who grew up in the historic Wheat Street Baptist Church.
I ask her about her relationship with the church, she speaks about her family moving to Atlanta from Evanston, IL in 1937. She speaks about the church being a place where planning and strategy was mapped out. She mentions that our strongest civic leaders were born in The Black Church and that the church was a refuge for those that wanted to be free. She spoke about a documentary on the church that chronicled the church s life between 1937 and 1982. I ask her about the building and the