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Grammy-winning Gospel artist Kirk Franklin is back with his first studio album in four years, the provocatively titled Losing My Religion. Franklin has been known over the course of his twenty-two year career as a contemporary Gospel recording artist who pushes boundaries, and his latest album is no exception. “More than anything, I’m trying to […]

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    Gone are the days of working class preachers who didn’t expect financial gain in exchange for spiritual guidance. A new breed of pastors has emerged: the mega-pastor…one who aims to sell their religious brand and get rich off the gospel. Black Church, Inc. is a feature-length investigative documentary that examines the sensationalism of the […]

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  The African American church is the longest-standing institution in the community, with its origins in slavery. African American churches are sites where visitors will learn much about black culture. Not every church with a large number of African Americans qualifies as an African American church. The African American church properly refers to seven major […]

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  A  few months ago I received a book, “Folk Songs of the American Negro,” published in 1907 by Fisk University Press. Compiled by John W. Work and Frederick J. Work, it was sold by H.A. French at 408 Church St. in Nashville for 60 cents.t was sent to me by attorney Van R. Michael […]

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On March 30th TV One presents a new film that takes an interesting look into the life of the Black church, “The Undershepherd.” Starring Isaiah Washington, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Clifton Powell and Louis Gossett, Jr. “The Undershepherd” chronicles an out of control pastor named Rev. Lawrence “LC” Case, played by Washington. The film is produced by Russ Parr and he […]

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Prominent scholars will explore the current and future impact of the black church during a time of deep divisions in race, culture and religion at a Vanderbilt Divinity School conference April 3-5. Vanderbilt’s Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies will host “The Black Church’s 11th Hour: The Promise of Our Ideals and the Realities of Our Time.” […]

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  February is Black History Month, an appropriate time to focus on the Black Church in America. There have been competing views as to its role. Most scholars regard it as the major source of strength and endurance through centuries of repression, emerging after World War II as the principal leader in the modern struggle […]

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On Nov. 28 the AFRO published a thought provoking article by clergy person and political leader Kevin Slayton, “The Resurrection of The Black Church in Local Politics.” It should be read as part of a disturbing trend to deconstruct and betray the liberating roots of local Black Churches in the name of “progressivism.” This so called […]

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Education is the civil rights issue of our time. President Obama rightfully made this assertion in 2011, but local leaders — specifically in black-American communities — have faced this harsh reality for decades. While strong public schools have played major roles in transforming neighborhoods and spurring local economies, African-American communities have been continuously plagued with […]

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Is the church still a voice of the community? We want to know in this edition of AV’s Say What You Want To Say! Hear these fun…

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The National Black Church Initiative, a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches, will begin a seven-year initiative to bring Black men back to the church. The mission is a part of the NBCI’s Healing Family Initiative, which seeks to bolster African-American families against the tide of violence, poverty, moral depravity and failure. The Grio Reports: The […]