![]() ![]() The Civil Rights Movement, a movement that is inextricably bound to the African American church was primarily a movement of black women. As far back as African American history begins, during a time when their bodies were bound by the violence of slavery, black women gathered to worship communally a God who gave freedom and liberation in the salvific power of Christ. Women, making up 70 to 90 percent of black congregations, have always found the institution of the church a place of refuge, of solace and hope. Because when I am preaching from the pulpit, I am standing on the shoulders of women who are the propagators of the black church.īlack women have a long and intricate history with the church. ![]() I do not wander around the sanctuary with anxious energy meandering through my sermon, like a child in a corn maze. I do not come down to the floor in an effort to connect better with the congregation. ![]()
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