| Updated: Feb. 17, 2021, 12:31 a.m.
Black Christian pastors in Utah may minister to small congregations, with older members slowly dying out, or large ones, attracting younger believers.
But most of them face a similar question from curious outsiders: Are there really Black churches in the Beehive State?
The answer is yes. In fact, there are more than a dozen historically Black congregations, and the roles these preachers play is crucial to the state’s religious life.
Thus, for February’s Black History Month amid a persistent pandemic and revived debates and demonstrations about the mistreatment of minorities here are profiles of five Black clerics who have dealt with the issue of racism in a mostly white state.