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2023

Best Practice Award

Christ Community UMC, Jennings, MO; Rev. Michelle McClendon McGhee

Freeman Chapel CME Church, Hopkinsville, KY; Rev. Lisa Lewis Balboa

Greater Bethel AME Church, Charlotte, NC; Rev. Dr. Abdue L. Knox

Greenville Memorial AME Zion Church, Charlotte, NC; Rev. Dr. Sheldon R. Shipman

Holsey Chapel CME Church, Columbus, GA; Rev. Christopher Waller

New Hope AME Zion Church, Philadelphia, PA; Rev. Eugene Branham

Peters Chapel AME Church, Columbus, GA; Rev. Sherryl H. King

Springfield Baptist Church, Thomson, GA; Rev. Frederick D. Favors

St. Paul’s AME Zion Church, Buffalo, NY; Rev. Amos Goodwine, Jr.

Third Street Bethel AME Church, Richmond, VA; Rev. Reuben J. Boyd Jr.

Trinity Baptist Church, Columbia, SC; Dr. Thurmond Bowens, Jr.

White Rock Baptist Church, Durham, NC; Dr. Reginald Van Stephens

Community Gold Award

First Baptist Church of South Richmond, Richmond, VA; Dr. Dwight C. Jones and Dr. Derik E. Jones

Saint Philip AME Church, Atlanta, GA; Rev. Dr. Anton Elwood

The Ebenezer Church, Burlington, NC; Rev. Dr. Larry E. Covington

Health Equity Award

Black Churches 4 Digital Equity Coalition, Alexandria, VA; Dr. Fallon Wilson

Founder's Award

Dr. Alban Hokororo

Rev. Edwin Sanders

Senior Imam, Al-Hajj Talib

2022

Best Practice Award

Allen Temple AME Church, Atlanta, GA; Rev. Dr. Susan H. Buckson

Antioch AME Zion Church, Eastover, SC; Rev. Dr. Robert T. Benton

Brown Memorial Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY; Rev. Clinton M. Miller

Carter Metropolitan CME Church, Fort Worth, TX; Rev. Valencia Edner

Greater Christ Temple Church, Tacoma, WA; Bishop Prentis V. Johnson, Sr.

Kingdom Cathedral, Virginia Beach, VA; Bishop Michael Rogers Sr.

New Creation Baptist Church, Minneapolis, MN; Rev. Daniel B. McKizzie

Community Gold Award

Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA; Rev. Dr. Alyn E. Waller

Morning Star Baptist Church, Gwynn Oak, MD; Bishop Dwayne C. Debnam

Right Direction Church International, Columbia, SC; Bishop Herbert Bailey & Dr. Marcia Bailey

St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, New Orleans, LA; Bishop Fernand Cheri III

Third New Hope Baptist Church, Detroit, MI; Pastor QuanTez Pressley

Health Equity Award

Painted Brain, Painted Brain

Founder's Award

S. Darlene Cheek, New York, NY

2021

Best Practice Award

Highland Christian Center, Portland, OR; Rev. Dr. Shon Neyland

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC; Rev. Dr. Benjamin D. Snoddy

Mount Zion Baptist Church, Greensboro, NC; Bishop Bryan J. Pierce, Sr.

Pennsylvania Avenue AME Zion Church, Baltimore, MD; Rev. Milton A. Williams, Jr.

St. Matthew AME Church, Shreveport, LA; Rev. Dr. Glenell M. Lee-Pruitt

St. Stephens AME Zion Church, Gastonia, NC; Rev. Carolyn D. Bratton

Williams Institutional CME Church, New York, NY; Rev. Dr. Jermaine J. Marshall

Community Gold Award

Allen Temple Baptist Church, Oakland, CA; Rev. Dr. Jacqueline A. Thompson

First Baptist Church of Glenarden, Upper Marlboro, MD; Pastor John K. Jenkins, Sr.

Reid Temple AME Church, Glenn Dale, MD; Rev. Dr. Mark E. Whitlock, Jr.

The Park Church, Charlotte, NC; Bishop Claude R. Alexander, Jr.

Health Equity Award

Gullah Church Nurses Association, St. Helena Island, SC; Mrs. Betty J. Haskins

Founder's Award

Mr. Alex Smith, Jr., LEX Graphics; New York, NY

2020

Best Practice Award

Greater Mount Nebo A.M.E. Church, Bowie, MD; Reverend Dr. Jonathan L. Weaver

Greater Love Tabernacle, Dorchester, MA; Bishop William E. Dickerson, II

Friendship Baptist Church, Hopewell, VA; Dr. Norwood G. Carson

Watts Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Raleigh, NC; Rev. Harry L. White, Jr.

New Hope A.M.E. Zion Church, Philadelphia, PA; Rev. Eugene Branham

Christ Way Missionary Baptist Church, Louisville, KY; Rev. Thomas M. Baker

Carter Temple CME Church, Chicago IL; Rev. Dr. Joseph B. Gordon

Health Equity Award

National Birth Equity Collaborative, New Orleans, LA; Dr. Joia Adele Crear-Perry, MD

2019

Best Practice Award

Berea Seventh Day Adventist Church, Dorchester, MA; Rev. Omar Jarvis

Turner Memorial AME Church, Hyattsville, MD; Dr. D. K. Kearney

Varick Memorial AME Zion Church, New Haven, CT; Dr. Kelcy Steele

Ebenezer Baptist Church, Staunton, VA; Dr. Michael Turner

Beacon Light International Baptist Cathedral, New Orleans, LA; Bishop Darryl S. Brister

New Mount Olive Baptist Church, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Dr. Marcus Davidson

Beebe Memorial CME Cathedral, Oakland, CA; Dr. Charley Hames, Jr.

Faith Community Baptist Church, Richmond, VA; Rev. Dr. Patricia Gould-Champ

Central Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Hilton Head Island, SC; Rev. Louis Johnson

Health Equity Award

Village HeartBEAT, Charlotte, NC; Cheryl Emanuel

Founder's Award

Dr. Georgia Dunston, National Human Genome Center at Howard University

2018

Best Practice Award

Bethel AME Church, Tallahassee, FL; Rev. Dr. Julius McCallister

Rehoboth Saints Center Church of God In Christ, Phoenix, AZ; Rev. Wesley Relf

Faith Missionary Baptist Church, Bessemer, AL; Rev. R. L. McDory

Rockwell AMEZ Church, Charlotte, NC; Rev. Jordan Boyd

New Bethel CME Church, Rochester, NY; Rev. Weldon Thomas

Sixth Baptist Church, Richmond, VA; Rev. Dr. Yvonne Bibbs

Health Equity Award

The Norfolk State University Center of Excellence in Minority Health Disparities, Norfolk, VA; Dr. Cynthia B. Burwell