Faith Leaders Criticize Trump Administration’s Removal of Philadelphia Slavery Exhibit
One of the removed panels featured images of Richard Allen and Absalom Jones. Both born as enslaved persons, they were instrumental in starting their churches.
Two Historic Philadelphia Churches Offer Lessons for an America Divided Today and in Its Infancy
The site of colonial America's break with the Church of England and the mother church of the nation’s first Black denomination sit less than a mile from each other.
Would Jesus Park in a Bike Lane? For Philadelphia Churches, It’s a Real Question
A dispute over weekend parking in bike lanes has left a group of inner-city congregations — four churches, a pair of synagogues and the Philadelphia Ethical Society — in Philadelphia dealing with a tricky urban dilemma.
American Bible Society to Shutter $60 Million Faith and Liberty Discovery Center
Located on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, the Bible museum was open less than three years and failed to attract large numbers of visitors.
Vietnamese Baptist Church Burns Amid Philadelphia Unrest
The building of Vietnam Baptist Church in Philadelphia was burned Tuesday night (Oct. 27) during the second night of unrest in the city after the police shooting of a Black man Monday (Oct. 26).
NBC initiative is valuable but more to be done, says Philadelphia organizer
Initiatives such at the New Baptist Covenant II help lower racial barriers, but there is “still a lot of work to do,” said a south Philadelphia pastor who helped organize a satellite viewing of the three-day event. “I’ve said to many folk that one of