The Real Story Behind ‘Amazing Grace’
“Amazing Grace” is probably the most beloved hymn of the last two centuries. The soaring spiritual describing profound religious elation is estimated to be performed...
Category : Religion
Andrew Bryan
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Andrew Bryan, a pioneer Baptist leader, helped found First African Baptist Church in Savannah, one of the oldest black congregations in the nation. Bryan was...
Thomas Dorsey
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Born into a preacher’s family in rural Georgia, Thomas Dorsey began playing the family organ at age six. At eight he started writing his own...
Desmond Tutu
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Desmond Tutu was a prominent South African social rights activist and Anglican bishop. Born in 1931 in Klerksdorp, South Africa, Tutu became known for his...
The Knights of Peter Claver
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The Knights of Peter Claver organization was founded in 1909 in Mobile, Alabama. It is the largest African American Catholic lay organization in the United...
Channing H. Tobias
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Channing H. Tobias (1882–1961) was a prominent African American civil rights activist, religious leader, educator, and philanthropist known for his tireless work advancing racial equality,...
William J. Seymour
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William J. Seymour (1870–1922) was an African-American Holiness Pentecostal preacher and the central figure behind the Azusa Street Revival, widely regarded as the catalyst for...
The National Baptist Convention, USA, Incorporated
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The National Baptist Convention, USA, Incorporated (NBCUSA) is made up of approximately 7.5 million African American Baptists, making it the largest African-American organization in the...
Amanda Berry Smith
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Amanda Berry Smith was a Methodist holiness evangelist, missionary to Africa and founder of an orphanage for African American children. Amanda was born into slavery...
Silver Bluff Baptist Church South Carolina 1773
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The first black Baptist congregation in South Carolina was formed in 1773 on the Galphin Plantation near Silver Bluff, 14 miles northwest of Savannah, Georgia. ...