“Leadership never ascends from the pew to the pulpit. It always descends from the pulpit to the pew.” ~ Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King
We decided to rerun probably the most controversial essay in relationship to black America published in mainstream culture this year. Dr. Eddie Glaude, chair of African American Studies at Princeton University, wrote this essay for Huffington Post.
They published it on February 24, 2010. Of course, all hell broke loose in the black religious realm; at least among black ministers. But Dr. Glaude spoke some painful truths about the black church. And the ripple effect from those truths are still flickering about; still stirring up anger, doubt and questioning in regards to the black churches relevance to black Americans today and society in which they live. What Dr. Glaude has to say in his essay directly addresses the current very present conservatism in the black church. And how this is making our churches less and less responsive to the realities and the progressive demands and responsibilities facing black America today. This was not always the case.
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