One is Lynne Hurdle-Price, a Bronx mother of two who also has something to say about the difference between black and white churchgoers.

The black churchgoers were told to sit upstairs in the new gallery.

As a white preacher whose specialty is rousing black churchgoers to a holy fury, Sonny does look like something of a flimflam artist.

Some whites, meanwhile, dart glances at black churchgoers who they feel may be worshiping too exuberantly.

The black churchgoers did not fit the Pughs' stereotypes.

He claimed redemption, striking a chord with black churchgoers, who spoke, too, of something called "The Plan" by whites to strike down black leaders.

He said the services provided black churchgoers with an important bridge between past and future.

On this Sunday morning, no arrests or violent incidents were reported while the black churchgoers were in the county.

The survey found a number of similarities in belief and practice between white evangelicals and the more theologically diverse group that comprises black churchgoers.

At the village board meeting some members expressed fear that large numbers of black churchgoers would threaten the prosperity of the business district a few blocks away.