In the PBS documentary series “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song,” scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows how African Americans introduced new rhythms, music and dance to Christianity ...

Sacred dance has taken off in recent years but its roots go back to the 1960s -- some say to the earliest days of Christianity -- and its growth parallels changes in society. Theology professor Kerry ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. The young crowd at a Nashville nightclub was ready to dance under the strobe lights to a throbbing mix of hip-hop, rap and Latin beats. But first they gathered to pray and praise God.

Joaquina Alvis-Simmons yells to her dance team to recite books of the Bible. The girls, some as young as 5, stand in a straight line listing half of the 66 books, “Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The young crowd at a Nashville nightclub was ready to dance under the strobe lights to a throbbing mix of hip-hop, rap and Latin beats. But first they gathered to pray and praise ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The young crowd at a ...