Six women, dressed in flowing white skirts and purple tunics, move gently to the recorded music that echoes through the Tacoma, Wash., sanctuary. Their white-gloved hands and ballet-slippered feet ...

Across Black church traditions, including in the Baptist denomination in which I was raised, it is often sung this way: “When ...

LITTLE ROCK — It's a moving sight. A trio of young women, their faces conveying the intensity of their emotions, alternately spin, throw heads back and glide back and forth to the music of "Jesus ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Who knew a church praise dance would light up social media? It happened when video shot by Bernal Smith of the Tri State Defender went viral, showing Greater Community Temple Church ...

The spiritual tradition of praising God by dancing in Black church worship services isn’t taught — it’s passed on by observing elders. Joy in a Black church worship setting often leads to physical ...

MOBILE, Alabama -- In the pavilion at Langan Park, Belinda Lilly is dancing for the Lord. Dressed in red dashiki and headband, holding a blue-and-white banner overhead, she turns slowly to praise ...

LORAIN — Friendship Baptist Church of Lorain, 2160 Reeves Ave., is preparing to celebrate seven decades of worship March 28. While its pastor, the Rev. John R. Jackson and his estimated 500 ...

For more than a decade a group of dedicated North Knoxville Baptists has danced for the glory of God. Pairing "dance" and "Baptist" together may seem unusual, perhaps even unsettling, for some people.

Fallon Earlington basically grew up on the stage. She danced and sang in many local theatrical productions as well as performing and choreographing routines as a praise dancer at her church.