WASHINGTON, DC — The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding $8.5 million in grants to 30 historically Black Churches as a part of ...

mid-1970s A number of pandas in the northern part of their range are thought to be starving after a mass flowering and subsequent die-off of bamboo, as happens periodically 1974-1977 Ministry of ...

The journals of Heber J. Grant, seventh President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are now available digitally in the Church History Catalog of the Church History Library. The ...

Frustrations over the exclusion of women from America’s national narrative boiled over in the 1970s—leading to the creation of Women’s History Month. Observed throughout the United States ...

An excerpt on generosity and solidarity from “Hunger for Righteousness: A Lenten Journey Towards Intimacy with God and Loving our Neighbor.” Christians in the Coptic Orthodox Church prepare ...

The word "church" in common language has many meanings depending on the context. This is the story ... Origin of the English word 'church' The English word "church" itself is Anglo-Saxon in origin.

The AMEZ Church, often referred to as “The Freedom Church,” has a storied history of advocating for abolition, civil rights and spiritual empowerment. 'We want to be Greenlanders': Slow ...

Each year, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and is always 46 days before Easter Sunday. Lent is a 40-day season (not counting Sundays) marked by repentance, fasting, reflection, and ...

This young team, with an average age of 22 years, has excelled at what might be one of the oldest sports on Earth. Professional soccer has been around in England since the 1800s, but some say the ...

Registration for RootsTech 2025 is now open at RootsTech.org. The global family history gathering is scheduled for March 6-8, 2025, with an in-person event in the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt ...