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The church has an image problem. And I don’t know if it cares to fix that. As someone who grew up in the church, left for 15 years and has come back, I have seen the evolution of how the church is viewed in the Black community. Especially among Millennials and Gen Xers. And it’s […]

The DNA of the Black Church wouldn’t exist without the church itself. This week we explore how the church became “too heavenly minded to do any earthly good” (fyi there’s no scripture in the Bible referencing this phrase, it’s just a phrase we use) and lost relationship along the way. Why it’s important to teach […]

Building a church community free of Evangelicalism as well as oppressive theology to women is the future of the Black Church. As we continue to explore The DNA of the Black Church, we dive into theology wars. We’ll examine 3 different theologies that either have come through the Black Church or is being used. These […]

2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of all [the spoil]. He is, first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, which means king of peace. 3 Without [any record of] father or mother, nor ancestral line, without [any record of] beginning of days (birth) nor ending […]

Church is a political act. A Black Church is a revolutionary act in the United States. Before we continue let’s not forget where the Black Church actually started. In this series, ‘The DNA of the Black Church’ I will explore how the Black Church practices and principles have shaped the Black community. Now here’s a […]

I just completed my first semester surviving ministry school. I was anxious, nervous and quite possible intimidated during the first few classes. It seemed I was surrounded by people who could quote scripture at the drop of a hat. And I could barely remember any that aren’t used all the time. Or even where they […]

‘Not Today Satan: Satan Tried It’ is a blog series to help us become more aware of how easy it is for us to believe something because it sounds eerily similar to something that is in fact true. This series will show us how our own eagerness to attain status, wealth, power, etc can be […]