Black Protestant churches

E7335

African American religious tradition Christian religious institution Protestant denomination family

Black Protestant churches are Christian congregations and denominations rooted in African American history and culture, central to Black religious life and often key institutions in social justice and community organizing.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
African American churches	1
Black Protestant churches canonical	1
Black Protestantism in the United States	1
Black church tradition in the United States	1
Historically Black Protestant	1
National Baptist churches	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American religious tradition ⓘ Christian religious institution ⓘ Protestant denomination family ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans
centralTo	Black religious life in the United States ⓘ
contrastedWith	white evangelical churches ⓘ white mainline Protestant churches ⓘ
emphasizes	Holy Spirit experience ⓘ biblical authority ⓘ communal prayer ⓘ congregational singing ⓘ gospel music ⓘ personal conversion ⓘ preaching ⓘ social justice ⓘ testimony ⓘ
geographicFocus	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasCulturalRole	community support network ⓘ development of Black sacred music ⓘ leadership training for African Americans ⓘ preservation of African American culture ⓘ space for political organizing ⓘ
hasDemographic	predominantly Black membership ⓘ
hasHistoricalRootIn	African American history ⓘ Great Migration of African Americans out of the region ⓘ surface form: Great Migration Jim Crow laws ⓘ surface form: Jim Crow era slavery in the United States ⓘ
hasKeyInstitutionType	denominational convention ⓘ local congregation ⓘ national board ⓘ regional conference ⓘ
hasOrganizationalForm	congregational polity ⓘ connectional polity ⓘ episcopal polity ⓘ
hasTheologyOrientation	Pentecostal ⓘ evangelical ⓘ holiness ⓘ mainline Protestant ⓘ
includesDenomination	African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ African Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ surface form: African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Christian Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ Church of God in Christ ⓘ Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship ⓘ National Baptist Convention USA Inc. ⓘ National Baptist Convention of America International Inc. ⓘ National Missionary Baptist Convention of America ⓘ Church of God in Christ ⓘ surface form: Progressive Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ Progressive National Baptist Convention ⓘ
languageOfWorship	English ⓘ
playsRoleIn	anti-racism movements ⓘ civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ community organizing ⓘ economic empowerment ⓘ education initiatives ⓘ mutual aid ⓘ social justice activism ⓘ voter mobilization ⓘ
recognizedBy	Pew Research Center religious typology ⓘ
religiousTradition	Protestant Christianity ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Americans → religiousTraditionsInclude → Black Protestant churches ⓘ

American Protestantism → hasMovement → Black Protestant churches ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Protestantism in the United States

National Baptist Convention USA Inc. → mainClassification → Black Protestant churches ⓘ

this entity surface form: Historically Black Protestant

Sarah Breedlove → supportedOrganization → Black Protestant churches ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American churches

Young People’s Department → operatesWithin → Black Protestant churches ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Baptist churches

PNBC → memberOf → Black Protestant churches ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black church tradition in the United States