Rev. DS President's Blog (1)

The black church is the strongest institution within the black community, and has historically provided political, social, and educational leadership for black people in America (Johnson, 1999).After 250 years of slavery, followed by another hundred years of Jim Crow segregation, the only dominant institution to become a stable, cohesive and independent social institution within the black community is the black church. Even though the black church is central in the black community, with blacks… Continue