Black Churches

A recent Pew Research report shows that fewer St. Louisans identify as Christian, which mirrors a national trend. The report also shows that 31% of adults in the Metro area are not affiliated with any religion, up 10% from 2014.

The St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church in north St. Louis received $500,000 from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund to restore its 120-year-old stained glass windows.

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.

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.

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.

“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.

New Northside Missionary Baptist Church — a predominantly black Jennings church — is a welcoming space on the inside. But on the outside, it’s…

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…

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…

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…