Blacklds.org » Religion http://www.blacklds.org A Web Site Dedicated to Black Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:06:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 An early morning start for seminary students in Chicago http://www.blacklds.org/467/an-early-morning-start-for-seminary-students-in-chicago http://www.blacklds.org/467/an-early-morning-start-for-seminary-students-in-chicago#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:46:17 +0000 ckite http://www.blacklds.org/?p=467 Youth travel Windy City streets to learn the gospel
By Greg Hill
Church News staff writer
Published: Saturday, March 6, 2010

After arising at 4:50 each school-day morning, 16-year-old Sonia Brown leaves home at 5:25 to make her way by Chicago Transit Authority bus and train through the streets of the third-largest city in the U.S. Her destination: seminary class. …

http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58913/An-early-morning-start-for-seminary-students-in-Chicago.html

]]> http://www.blacklds.org/467/an-early-morning-start-for-seminary-students-in-chicago/feed 0 Randall Silas – New Bishop in Hattiesburg MS http://www.blacklds.org/333/randall-silas-new-bishop-in-hattiesburg-ms http://www.blacklds.org/333/randall-silas-new-bishop-in-hattiesburg-ms#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:06:47 +0000 ckite http://www.blacklds.org/?p=333 Silas 1st African-American to hold position (in Hattiesburg MS)
Hattiesburg American
August 29, 2009

Randall Silas is the new bishop of a Hattiesburg congregation of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…

…Silas said he hopes his new position will encourage other blacks to
explore the Mormon church, but “I would hope that no one would base
their spiritual …

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20090829/LIFESTYLE/908290329

]]> http://www.blacklds.org/333/randall-silas-new-bishop-in-hattiesburg-ms/feed 4 Marvin Perkins Answers Questions for Times and Seasons http://www.blacklds.org/281/marvin-perkins-answers-questions-for-times-and-seasons http://www.blacklds.org/281/marvin-perkins-answers-questions-for-times-and-seasons#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 01:34:43 +0000 ckite http://www.blacklds.org/?p=281
Marc Bohn, May 20, 2009
Marvin Perkins has graciously agreed to answer a few questions from Times & Seasons. Brother Perkins is a Latter-day Saint music producer who is currently the Public Affairs Co-chair for the Genesis Group and who has worked to nurture understanding between African Americans and Latter-day Saints …
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 Part 3
http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2009/05/12-questions-for-marvin-perkins-part-three/

]]> http://www.blacklds.org/281/marvin-perkins-answers-questions-for-times-and-seasons/feed 0 A Religious Portrait of African-Americans by The Pew Forum http://www.blacklds.org/242/a-religious-portrait-of-african-americans-by-the-pew-forum http://www.blacklds.org/242/a-religious-portrait-of-african-americans-by-the-pew-forum#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:46:45 +0000 admin http://www.blacklds.org/?p=242 The Pew Forum has published an extension report on the religious beliefs, practices, and affiliations of African-Americans.

While the U.S. is generally considered a highly religious nation, African-Americans are markedly more religious on a variety of measures than the U.S. population as a whole, including level of affiliation with a religion, attendance at religious services, frequency of prayer and religion’s importance in life.

See A Religious Portrait of African-Americans by The Pew Forum.

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