How to Grow a Church: 3 Tips for Increasing Church Attendance.

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How to Grow a Church: 3 Tips for Increasing Church Attendance.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Church can truly bring people together. This guide on how to grow a church lists 5 tips for increasing church attendance. Are you looking to attract more flock to your congregation, but arent quite sure how to do it? For many religious leaders, increasing their church attendance can feel like a daunting task, especially []

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On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King gave his first major public address on the War in Vietnam at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City. In that address he articulated his reasons for his opposition to the

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4

1967

(1839) Andrew Harris, “Slavery Presses Down Upon the Free People of Color”

Andrew Harris, (1810-1841), graduated from the University of Vermont in 1838. One year later in an address delivered to nearly five thousand abolitionists at New York City’s Broadway Tabernacle on May 7, 1839, young Harris argued that slavery in the South influenced racism in the North. He was

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1839

Absalom Jones and his followers dedicated African

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12

1794

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Jan

30

1900

Black Slaves Welcomed Into Amer. Army

Lemuel Haynes, Revolutionary War veteran, licensed to preaching to the Congregational Church. After the winter of Valley Forge, Black slaves and free men were welcomed into the American Army. There were Black soldiers in the Revolutionary army from all of the original thirteen colonies. Most of the

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Nov

29

1780

Meharry Medical College (1876- )

Meharry Medical College, founded in 1876 in Nashville, Tennessee, is the second oldest medical school for African Americans in the nation. The college was established by the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Freedman’s Aid Society in 1876 when Samuel Meharry, a Scots-Irish immigrant salt trader

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Columbus Avenue African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church [Boston] (1838- )

The Columbus Avenue African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion Church in Boston, Massachusetts is most famous as the site of the July 30, 1903 Boston Riot. Although it is not the oldest African American church in the state of Massachusetts, it represents a critical moment in early 20th century

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Jul

30

1903

Blacks held a protest in Zion Church

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Nov

20

1865

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Nov

6

1746

First National Black Convention Meets

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1830

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Dec

28

1897

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Oct

10

1863

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24

1811

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4

1965

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30

1976

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