Church
Julian Bond interviews the Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III. Dr. Butts is pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church, a large, historic, and broadly influential church located in Harlem in New York City.
In addition to serving as pastor, Dr. Butts is founder and chairman of the Abyssinian Development Corporation, a non-profit [...]
Faith
Great opportunity for a dramatic experience.
On Saturday, May 2nd, at the Schomburg Library located at 135th Street and Lenox in Harlem, the event will open with the exhibition, “The Peoples of St. Philip’s”.
World Affairs
A church in the Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem, run by pro-Israel Bishop Carlton Brown, included a special prayer for the Jewish people and the State of Israel in its weekly Sunday prayer on January 4.
Brown, who runs an association of 18 churches in New York and serves as Senior Pastor of the Bethel Gospel [...]
From Brown to Bush, on both sides of the pond, we have to re-think our obligation to greed!
Is it ”moral” to ”spend our way our of the recession” and not consider “the poor”?
youtube.com
On Sunday, December 21, The Riverside Church in Harlem celebrated the holiday season with the annual Christmas Concert Candlelight Carol Festival where the darkened halls of The Riverside Church Nave is illuminated by a sea of candle flames held by church goers for “the Ritual of Light.” During the Ritual of Light, the Nave is [...]
The Historic Manhattan Church Calls On The Community To Help Keep The Holiday Tradition Going Strong
For the eighth consecutive year, participants of The Riverside Church Food Pantry, Shower Ministry and residents of the Harlem community will celebrate Jesus’ Birthday with food, music fellowship, caroling, games and gifts on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at The Riverside Church’s [...]
Pilgrimage of Global Interfaith Leaders & Youth Unite in Mayapur, India
November 30 – December 05, 2008
This November 29th – December 5th, 2008, in Mayapur, India, United Religions Initiative (URI) will hold its second global gathering of members and partners, in a small temple town on the banks of the Ganges where daily up to 10,000 [...]
If the audience reaction at the 200th anniversary of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem Monday night is any thing to go by, Bill and Hillary Clinton have a long way to go before their once loyal black supporters love them again. One prominent member of the African- American community told us, “We all saw [...]
A festive white-tie gala for the 200th anniversary of the famed Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem last night also turned into a victory celebration for President-elect Barack Obama.
“We celebrate tonight 200 years of great tradition – the church has always been the center of political activity,” said 20-year pastor Dr. Calvin Butts III.
“BRIDGING THE GAP”
HCCI Community Day is an event that will
help unify the community. All are welcome to
enjoy a day of fun activities and important information
about how HCCI can help you.
350 Years of History! 350 Years of Heroism! 350 Years of Harlem!
Come join us Come for a screening of the video documentary
“Then I’ll Be Free To Travel Home – The Legacy of the
New York African Burial Ground”, Monday, August 18, 2008, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m., James L. Varick Community Center, 151-7 W. 136th Street, (Btwn. [...]
Riverside Church, a stronghold of activism and political debate throughout its 75-year history, has been visited by Nelson Mandela and United States presidents like Bill Clinton. It was an early opponent of the Vietnam War and both wars in Iraq, and has long been influential on the nation’s religious and political landscapes.
Leading the pulpit at [...]
The Rev. Gilbert Luis R. Centina III stood behind the altar at Holy Rosary Church in East Harlem, staring at pancake-size plaster chips scattered beneath his sandaled feet.
On a morning quiet enough to count the raindrops pelting the stained-glass windows, Father Centina bowed his head for a moment. He then looked up to the heavens, [...]
ATLAH Pastor James David Manning speaks of self-image and talks about Harlem’s need for 50,000 righteous men like him and women not being alone in their beds at night. This was preached last month at his church on Lenox Avenue and 123rd Street.
www.youtube.com
On June 12, 2008, (l to r) Gregory Joseph, Deputy Director, SHARE, Virginia Montague, New York Coalition of One Hundred Black Women, The Honorable Milton A. Tingling, Jr., candidate for Manhattan Surrogate Court, and Craig Wilson, Executive Director, SHARE, gather at Londel’s Supper Club …
We would like to invite you to an upcoming luncheon hosted for central Harlem pastors by Mother AME Zion Church and SHARE, a non-profit clean energy organization. The luncheon entitled “Clergy Dialogues” seeks to further strengthen fellowship among Harlem area clergy and to foster dialogue on emerging energy, health and environmental issues facing Harlem.
Angela Carson, a 28-year-old black woman, left her Baptist church in New York last year feeling uninspired and removed from the congregation. She visited many traditional black churches, but she found her new home with the Harlem branch of the Mormon Church.
A theologian who has been called “the conscience of Harvard” drew hundreds of supporters yesterday to his home church, where he celebrated 40 years of ministry in a sanctuary where he is better known as a son of Plymouth.
World Science Festival to Produce Landmark Pairing
Oliver Sacks, the best-selling author and neurologist who has been described as “the poet laureate of medicine,” will appear with Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir in an event entitled Music and the Brain, as part of the 2008 World Science Festival (www.worldsciencefestival.com).
We thought you would be interested in reading the transcript from a live interview with Harlem Church Pastor James David Manning and Rush Limbaugh show on the Rush Limbaugh Show:
The Rev. Joe Evans, a Yale-educated minister who began preaching in Harlem, N.Y., in the 1940s, went on to become the first and only black president of the United Church of Christ, a predominantly white Protestant denomination with more than 1.2 million members.
The Abyssinian Baptist Church is among the most famous of the many churches in Harlem, New York City.
For the past several months, elegantly dressed men and women have been handing out thousands of postcards to passers-by on the streets of Harlem.
Black Churches Join to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Alvin Ailey American Dance TheaterReligious Community Commemorates Five Decades of “Revelations”
Black radio and Internet blogs have been abuzz over a Harlem minister who preaches sermons against White House hopeful Barack Obama…
Events
facebook’n
The Block
RSS - Posts
Get a Harlem Details photograph from Danny Tisdale's architectural detail of Harlem's passing history. This image above was taken from the Big Apple Club sign shot on 135th Street and Adam Clayton Powell in 2007 (where 's a Popeye's is located today). 2000 to present!