There is still a place for the relevant black church, and, while it may not be as easy as it were in prior generations to retain the participation of black millennials, it is indeed possible to enlist the partnership of Black millennials.
There is a religious revival taking place in America. Untracked and unreported it has already spread across this country popping up in the most unlikely of places.
New media and new movements—many of which are led by a new generation of women on the front lines—bolster Dr. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes’ assertion that 'if it wasn’t for the women, you wouldn’t have a church!'"
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Dr. McCorn dicusses his book, Standing On Holy Common Ground: An Africentric Ministry Approach to Prophetic Community Engagement, at KineticsLive.com Book Discussions at the American Academy of Religion.
The Black Church is an institution that emerged in rebellion against injustice perpetrated upon black bodies. How is it, then, that black women's oppression persists in black churches that espouse theological and ethical commitments to justice?