Rather than watching the televised Times Square ball drop as the new year approaches, members of First Pentecostal Church will spend the final seconds of 2025 in their worship center, surrounding by ...

A popular tradition in the Black church will again be recognized near midnight on New Year’s Eve as most others across the nation will be celebrating the end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026. Watch ...

“Waiting for the Hour.” Carte-de-visite of an emancipation watch night meeting on Dec. 31, 1863, where African American men, women and children gathered around a man with a watch, waiting for the ...

Watch Night services are a New Year's Eve tradition in many Black churches. The tradition began on December 31, 1862, as people awaited the Emancipation Proclamation to take effect. Services often ...