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Salvation Army Holds First International Congress Outside Britain in Atlanta, Georgia

Some 136 years after Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s army left Atlanta charred, the city is hosting another gathering of a different kind. This week more than 20,000...

Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Atlanta, Georgia, Supports Civil Rights Legacy and Community Housing
Black Church (AME, AME Zion and CME)

Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Atlanta, Georgia, Supports Civil Rights Legacy and Community Housing

Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is known as the first Black church in Atlanta, according to the Atlanta News First report, though the church does not always...

Salvation Army of Georgia Emergency Services Director Lanita Lloyd Receives IAEM-USA Elizabeth B. Armstrong Award

The Salvation Army of Georgia announced on November 11, 2026, in Atlanta, that Lanita Lloyd, a Certified Emergency Manager and the division’s Director of Emergency Disaster Services, had...

J. Bulow Campbell Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia, Built on Presbyterian Layman’s Estate

The Atlanta-based J. Bulow Campbell Foundation was founded in 1940 and is the second-largest foundation in Georgia. Based on total assets in 2003, it ranked seventh among the...

Progressive National Baptist Convention plans voter drive in Atlanta, Georgia, aiming to add 500,000 to voter rolls
Baptist (American, National and Independent)

Progressive National Baptist Convention plans voter drive in Atlanta, Georgia, aiming to add 500,000 to voter rolls

On Tuesday, Jan. 18, Rev. Willie D. Francois III, co-chair of the social justice arm of the Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC), spoke at a news conference in...

Melkite Clergy from Southern Region Meet in Atlanta, Georgia

The annual retreat and protopresbyteral meeting of Melkite clergy from the southern region took place from Monday, Nov. 5, to Wednesday, Nov. 7, at St. John Chrysostom Melkite...

Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Atlanta, Georgia, dedicates historical marker
Black Church (AME, AME Zion and CME)

Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Atlanta, Georgia, dedicates historical marker

The historical marker at Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn district was dedicated on a joyous Sunday morning, according to the report. Big Bethel...

Founder of Atlanta, Georgia, 2819 Church warns of spreading Bible illiteracy
Nondenominational and Megachurch

Founder of Atlanta, Georgia, 2819 Church warns of spreading Bible illiteracy

Philip Anthony Mitchell, founder and director of the 2819 Church in Atlanta, has issued a warning about what he describes as widespread illiteracy about the Bible. In comments...

C4SO Elects Kris McDaniel as Suffragan Bishop-Elect, Pending College of Bishops Consent

The Provincial Office of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) has announced that the Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others (C4SO) elected the Rev. Canon...

Atlanta, Georgia, city workers’ bulldozers kill man in tent during homeless camp clearing near Ebenezer Baptist Church

City workers in Atlanta killed a man living in a tent while clearing a homeless encampment with construction equipment near the Ebenezer Baptist church, where Martin Luther King...

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