by Kaara Baptiste | May 11, 2015 | Featured, International, Neighborhood: Brooklyn, New York, Religion
The Redeemed Christian Church of God, International Chapel of Brooklyn sits at the end of a quiet dead-end street along an industrialized stretch in Canarsie. But every Sunday, amid the auto repair shops and shuttered buildings, that unassuming corner awakens as...
by Kaara Baptiste | Jun 12, 2014 | Featured, New York, Religion
By Kaara J. Baptiste For the audio version of this story, click here As soon as Sunday worship service ends at the Grace Fellowship Church, volunteers swiftly move into action. They break down projectors, pack up equipment and pick up forgotten programs. In...
by Kaara Baptiste | May 14, 2014 | New York, Religion
by Kaara Baptiste The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is set to open next week, but a controversy is brewing over a film critics say will open old wounds. An interfaith coalition gathered today at The Interfaith Center of New York to express...
by Kaara Baptiste | Oct 4, 2013 | Featured, Neighborhood: Brooklyn, Religion
Four days after Hurricane Sandy hit, Pastor Connis Mobley arrived at the United Community Baptist Church to see an errant Mack truck lodged in the church’s front entrance. The sanctuary was submerged under 6 feet of water. A year later, the church has cleared enough...
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