Black Churches

Government, Politics & Issues

People of faith come together to lift up churches hit by arson

Rachel Lippmann

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…
Government, Politics & Issues

Local, federal investigators probe 6 arsons at black churches in 10 days

Rachel Lippmann

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…
Government, Politics & Issues

‘Rebuild the Churches Fund’ aims to raise $250,000 for churches destroyed by arson

In the weeks following the shooting incident in Charleston where nine black churchgoers were killed, several predominately black churches have succumbed…