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Black church is truly the heart of the African-American community. In fact, you
may say that it is the community. Throughout all of our struggles in American
history, the Black church has been a constant in our evolution. It fed our hope
during slavery and was our meeting place during the Civil Rights Movement. Through
bombings and burnings, it stands strong, "steadfast and unmovable." With the
good news of Jesus Christ, it is a beacon of light that shines on all those who
are broken, weary, and downtrodden.
It serves as the center of the African-American community's spiritual growth
and time will prove that the Black church will be the center of the African-American
community's economic growth as well. There is no greater or more powerful institution
that exists today for any group of people than that of the Black church.
Welcome to The Black Church Page, where we harness the power of the Internet to
bring this community together.
...This preceding paragraph is an excerpt of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s powerful words penned in his “Letter From a Birmingham Jail.” On January 16, 2012, this country, and in fact, the rest of the world, will again salute Dr. King as an American hero. King was a pacesetter because he personified “obeying God rather than man.” The Black Church Page would like to take this opportunity to remind the African-American church that no other community should celebrate Dr. King more than black folks, particularly the church. Before King was anything, he was a preacher. At the same time, it is important for us to keep his life and contributions in proper perspective. In my opinion, many in the African-American church, have by appearances, deified Martin. As a word of caution, when churches gather next week in services to recognize the “Drum Major for Justice,” it must be abundantly clear that we have come to worship only one King, while simply honoring another. Only one King should be praised and lifted up by humanity and the other remembered and appreciated. While the earthly sojourn and sacrifice of only one King is responsible for our eternal life, the talk and the walk of the other helped our race obtain the vote and a decent seat on the bus...
Posted by eanthonypreston on Saturday, January 14 @ 23:21:32 CST (4 reads)
The Republican presidential candidate stood at the pulpit at Jones Memorial AME Zion Church, but, unlike most campaign stops in South Carolina, he was not preaching to the choir.
Newt Gingrich, who routinely ridicules the first black leader of the United States as "the food-stamp president," calmly and patiently explained his conservative views to about 80 people who half-filled the pews, a few more than half of them African American.
He did not back away from the biting label he has glued to President Obama...
Posted by eanthonypreston on Saturday, January 14 @ 22:58:09 CST (7 reads)
Pastor Billy Hollins, an African American and a former faith leader at St. Stephen Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky (the house of worship also has a satellite location in Jeffersonville, Indiana), has filed a discrimination complaint alleging that the church reassigned him in 2007 because of his race.
Hollins, who worked for the church from 2001 until 2011, claims that he was transfered from the Jeffersonville location to Louisville and given a new job title (executive assistant pastor) based on a racial premise. This event occurred four years ago when he says Senior Reverend Kevin Cosby told him that the church needed to better reflect its growing Caucasian population...
Posted by eanthonypreston on Saturday, January 14 @ 22:55:27 CST (3 reads)
When ESPN’s First Take tackled African-American resentment of Tim Tebow, they missed a key contributor to that discussion, the Black Church.
First, though, I want to commend the show for having the courage to address this controversial issue with both reason and passion.
Former NFL quarterback, and African-American, Kordell Stewart offered a closing, choked-up plea for black quarterbacks to be given some of the same chances that a media-darling, but inconsistent quarterback, like Tim Tebow has received...
Posted by eanthonypreston on Saturday, January 14 @ 22:52:59 CST (2 reads)
After a lengthy legal battle between a black South Carolina church and members of the Ku Klux Klan, a judge has ruled that the church owns a building where KKK robes and T-shirts are sold.
A circuit judge ruled last month that New Beginnings Baptist Church is the rightful owner of the building that houses the Redneck Shop, which operates a so-called Klan museum and sells Klan robes and T-shirts emblazoned with racial slurs. The judge ordered the shop's proprietor to pay the church's legal bills of more than $3,300.
Since 1996, the Redneck Shop has operated in an old movie theater in Laurens, a city about 70 miles northwest from Columbia that was named after 18th century slave trader Henry Laurens...
Posted by eanthonypreston on Wednesday, January 04 @ 03:18:15 CST (20 reads)
Total Churches: 12,682
...This preceding paragraph is an excerpt of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s powerful words penned in his “Letter From a Birmingham Jail.” On January 16, 2012, this country, and in fact, the rest of the world, will again salute Dr. King as an American hero. King was a pacesetter because he personified “obeying God rather than man.” The Black Church Page would like to take this opportunity to remind the African-American church that no other community should celebrate Dr. King more than black folks, particularly the church. Before King was anything, he was a preacher. At the same time, it is important for us to keep his life and contributions in proper perspective. In my opinion, many in the African-American church, have by appearances, deified Martin. As a word of caution, when churches gather next week in services to recognize the “Drum Major for Justice,” it must be abundantly clear that we have come to worship only one King, while simply honoring another. Only one King should be praised and lifted up by humanity and the other remembered and appreciated. While the earthly sojourn and sacrifice of only one King is responsible for our eternal life, the talk and the walk of the other helped our race obtain the vote and a decent seat on the bus...
