Preservation Grants Help Black Churches Hold On to Their History

Cynthia Gibbs grew up five miles from Taveau Church, a small wooden building weathered by decades of declining membership and a deteriorating physical structure. Outside Charleston, South Carolina, the church sits on land once owned by Henry Laurens, one of America’s founding fathers, a wealthy planter and slave owner. At nearly 200 years old, the Read more... The post Preservation Grants Help Black Churches Hold On to Their History appeared first on Christianity Today.