The Republic

Community gathers for church service, part of Black History Month

Carla Clark | For The Republic Pastor James Wood and choir members, at right, during the 2025 Community Church Service hosted by the African American Pastor’s Alliance for Black History Month at the ...
Religion News Service

African church leaders address decolonization and reparations and debate their role

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — At a three-day conference, African theologians and scholars considered how colonizing countries can make amends for historical wrongs and the place of forgiveness. NAIROBI, ...
Crux

African cardinal says women disadvantaged by culture and ‘a certain mentality in the Church’

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A leading African cardinal says African cultures and “a certain mentality in the Church” have put women in a disadvantaged position. Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa ...
Crux

African Church reflects on the possibility of ordaining women as deacons

Deacon Willard Witherspoon distributes Communion during Mass at St. Peter Claver Church in Baltimore in this 2016 file photo. (Credit: Bob Roller/CNS.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – As the world prepares ...
The Nation Newspaper

Abbe enthroned African Church Primate

THE Most Rev. Julius Osayande Olayinka Abbe has been enthroned as the 12th Primate of The African Church. The installation and enthronement service was held at the African Church Arch Cathedral Bethel ...
The Nation Newspaper

African Church trustees affirms most Rev’d Odufuwa new primate

The newly confirmed Primate of the African Church, Most Reverend Augustine Odufuwa, has pledged to lead the Church into a new era of growth and transformation within the next six months. He made the ...
Grand Forks Herald

IN THE SPIRIT: Missionary returns to Cameroon -- 25 years later

Watching an African church service on DVD in Leona Troftgruben's Grand Forks home, I wanted to dance with the worshipping Cameroonians. I wanted to beat their drums and sing their songs in their ...