The Black church’s ecstatic and spontaneous praise shows delight in the Holy Spirit. Each first Sunday of the month, mothers in my childhood church wore all white and sat in the two rows nearest to ...

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 ...

The Fullness of Joy Praise Dance Team at Mount Olive AME Church in southeast Gainesville celebrated its first anniversary Sunday at the church, capping off a year of performances throughout the area ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

There's usually a lot going on at Emanuel's Corner, a community center that opened in Hendersonville nearly three years ago. The center hosts fundraisers for people in need, holds weddings for couples ...