Why the Black Church Must Remember Who It Is: Rediscovering the Biblical Identity, Theological Heritage, and Enduring Mission of the Historical Black Church - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

The Historical Black Church has survived circumstances that should have destroyed it. Through slavery, segregation, injustice, migration, cultural change, and generational transition, it has remained a place of worship, preaching, prayer, education, leadership, community, and hope.

But survival alone does not guarantee faithfulness.

In Why the Black Church Must Remember Who It Is, Rev. Dr. Donnie L. Smith calls the Historical Black Church to rediscover the biblical identity, theological heritage, and enduring mission that have sustained generations of believers.

This book examines the Church’s remarkable spiritual heritage while confronting an urgent question: How can the Black Church engage a rapidly changing world without forgetting whose Church it is?

Moving from the faith of enslaved Christians and the Invisible Institution to the Black pulpit, Christian education, servant leadership, evangelism, missions, intergenerational discipleship, community responsibility, and contemporary cultural challenges, Dr. Smith presents a vision of a Church firmly rooted in Scripture and centered upon Jesus Christ.

This is more than a history of an institution. It is a call to remembrance, renewal, and faithful Christian witness.

The Historical Black Church must preserve what is faithful, strengthen what has grown weak, prepare another generation for leadership, engage new questions with biblical wisdom, and continue proclaiming the Gospel without surrendering its identity to political movements, cultural trends, or ideological pressures.

The Church does not need to become something else to have a future.

It must remember who it is—and, above all, remember whose it is.

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