This study attempted to add important information to the study of the relationship between stress and outcomes in low-income African American youth by investigating the effect of religious coping on that relationship. There were two main goals to this project. The first was to assess the psychometric properties of a newly developed religious coping scale, Children's Religious Coping scale (CRC), for use with a community sample of African American youth. More specifically, the internal consistency and factor structure of this instrument was examined. The second goal was to use this newly developed measure to examine the impact of religious forms of coping on self-reported depression, anxiety, and quality of life for youth exposed to stressors. The sample consisted of 147 male and female adolescents in 6^th through 8^th grade (ages 11-15). Exploratory factor analysis results suggested that the 2-factor structure of the CRC was maintained when utilized with this community sample. In addition, greater use of Negative Religious Coping (NRC) was associated with increased anxiety and depressive symptomatology as well as decreased social health and self-esteem. Results partially support prior research examining the impact of religious forms of coping on psychosocial outcomes in youth.