/tags/black-churches Black Churches en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT /arts/2024-03-20/st-louis-symphonys-in-unison-chorus-inks-deal-to-publish-works-by-black-composers Leaders of the IN UNISON Chorus signed a contract with Fenton-based MorningStar Music Publishers to publish and distribute original music and arrangements around the world. Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT /arts/2024-03-20/st-louis-symphonys-in-unison-chorus-inks-deal-to-publish-works-by-black-composers Jeremy D. Goodwin /health-science-environment/2023-06-12/st-louis-church-leaders-urge-black-people-to-focus-on-health-avoid-heart-disease People in north St. Louis and north St. Louis County suffer from high rates of high blood pressure and heart disease. To help them avoid those conditions, about 25 Black churches in north St. Louis and north St. Louis County are working with the American Heart Association to teach parishioners about the importance of having a healthy heart. Mon, 12 Jun 2023 10:16:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-06-12/st-louis-church-leaders-urge-black-people-to-focus-on-health-avoid-heart-disease Andrea Y. Henderson /arts/2022-06-10/a-roofless-church-is-already-a-favorite-of-photographers-soon-itll-be-safe-to-visit The former church on North Spring Street in St. Louis has attracted visitors since a 2001 fire left it as a stone shell. The Pulitzer Arts Foundation aims to fix it up but keep its character intact. Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:30:53 GMT /arts/2022-06-10/a-roofless-church-is-already-a-favorite-of-photographers-soon-itll-be-safe-to-visit Jeremy D. Goodwin /culture-history/2021-08-09/east-st-louis-church-ordains-women-as-clergy-for-first-time-in-its-long-history “My mom is 92, and I know she’d never thought she’d see a woman preaching at Macedonia,” a member of the church said. Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:16:02 GMT /culture-history/2021-08-09/east-st-louis-church-ordains-women-as-clergy-for-first-time-in-its-long-history DeAsia Paige /arts/2020-02-04/black-pastors-work-to-protect-churches-from-violence-in-and-outside-the-community New Northside Missionary Baptist Church — a predominantly black Jennings church — is a welcoming space on the inside. But on the outside, it’s… Tue, 04 Feb 2020 10:55:54 GMT /arts/2020-02-04/black-pastors-work-to-protect-churches-from-violence-in-and-outside-the-community Marissanne Lewis-Thompson /arts/2015-12-13/st-louis-church-struck-by-arson-finds-a-new-home-in-a-house The yellow house at 8820 North Broadway in St. Louis looks like most of the others on the block, but the worship music wafting out onto the sidewalk… Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:12:42 GMT /arts/2015-12-13/st-louis-church-struck-by-arson-finds-a-new-home-in-a-house /politics-issues/2015-10-30/suspect-arrested-in-2-of-7-church-arsons A 35-year-old St. Louis man has been arrested in connection with two church arsons that put St. Louis and parts of north St. Louis County on high alert in… Fri, 30 Oct 2015 21:04:21 GMT /politics-issues/2015-10-30/suspect-arrested-in-2-of-7-church-arsons Rachel Lippmann /arts/2015-10-25/church-hit-by-arson-calls-for-hope-unity-as-it-continues-ministry Sunday service was a bit different this week at New Life Missionary Baptist Church in north St. Louis: it was held out on the lawn.That's because the… Mon, 26 Oct 2015 01:15:35 GMT /arts/2015-10-25/church-hit-by-arson-calls-for-hope-unity-as-it-continues-ministry /government-politics-issues/2015-10-21/people-of-faith-come-together-to-lift-up-churches-hit-by-arson Updated 9 a.m., Oct. 22 - Overnight, officials confirmed a seventh church fire at the rectory for the Shrine of St. Joseph in the Columbus Square… Wed, 21 Oct 2015 23:51:11 GMT /government-politics-issues/2015-10-21/people-of-faith-come-together-to-lift-up-churches-hit-by-arson Rachel Lippmann /government-politics-issues/2015-10-19/local-federal-investigators-probe-6-arsons-at-black-churches-in-10-days The St. Louis Regional Bomb Unit and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating what they describe as a series of six… Mon, 19 Oct 2015 22:23:51 GMT /government-politics-issues/2015-10-19/local-federal-investigators-probe-6-arsons-at-black-churches-in-10-days Rachel Lippmann