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Canarsie church bridges Nigerian-Caribbean cultural divide

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...
Familiar wait for NYC churches renting schools

Familiar wait for NYC churches renting schools

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...
Critics say 9/11 museum film will open old wounds

Critics say 9/11 museum film will open old wounds

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...
Coney churches still recovering, lack funding, post-Sandy

Coney churches still recovering, lack funding, post-Sandy

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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