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date: 27 March 2025

Black Church, Thelocked

Reference to the more than 65,000 Christian churches, which have a predominance of African American members and black clerical leadership; the Black Church has served as a major institutional foundation of African American spiritual and community life.

Black Church, Thelocked

Reference to the more than 65,000 Christian churches, which have a predominance of African American members and black clerical leadership; the Black Church has served as a major institutional foundation of African American spiritual and community life.
  • Lawrence H. Mamiya

A version of this article originally appeared in Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience.

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