African Ancestry Ministry and Evangelization is established by the Diocese of Raleigh to foster the mission of the Roman Catholic Church, spread the Gospel, celebrate the Sacraments and form a faith community. To do this the ministry must strive to create an atmosphere in which African Americans can maintain their identity, heighten their visibility and enhance their lives as Catholics. The ministry will be concerned with nurturing those in the Faith, reconciling those fallen away from the Faith and offering a church home to the un-churched through conversion to the Catholic Faith.

The Catholic Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1979 established a commission of African American Ministry and Evangelization to address the needs of African American Catholics in the diocese.