Black Homiletic
by Oliver R. Phillips
Robert Franklin, president of ITC in Atlanta, once said that Black Christians have come to expect sermons to be poetic masterpieces that are biblically rooted, politically prophetic, intellectually stimulating, emotionally evocative, rhetorically polished, pastorally positive, personally sensitive, and reverently and joyfully delivered.

Where Do We Go From Here?: Remember, Celebrate, Act!
An address by Oliver R. Phillips prepared for the National Black Nazarene Conference in Atlanta, GA - July 25-28, 2002. Bound copies of Dr. Phillips' address can be obtained by calling toll free at (800) 306-9950

Dr. Robert Franklin Speaks About Howard Thurman
"Thurman was something of a prophet who understood the complex necessity of religion in times of crises — in times of war and in times of democratic renewal." - Catherine Tumber

Do You Remember Tom Skinner?
Then I discovered that the Christ who leaped out of the pages of the New Testament was nobody's sissy, nobody's effeminate. Rather he was a gutsy, contemporary, radical revolutionary, with hair on his chest and dirt under his fingernails. Read his speech by clicking above.

Cutting Through the Red Tape
Cheryl Sanders, commencement speaker at ENC and professor of ethics at Howard University, talks of combining the scholarship of a professor with the heart of a pastor.

The African American Scholar: Between Text and People
The hermeneutic of suspicion and hope has long sustained the African-American community. Can it survive today's threats?

Live on What's Left
Claudette A. Copeland is the co-pastor of New Creation Christian Center in San Antonio, Texas, and an advisory board member of The African American Pulpit. She was included in Ebony magazine's only list of top women preachers in America.

Practicing Liberation in the Black Church
Black theology has apparently been dialoguing with everyone except "Aunt Jane" and the black preacher. Few ministers and laypeople laboring in the trenches are aware of black theology, and those who are remain somewhat indifferent to its teachings.

African-American Religion in the Nineteenth Century
As the influence of the church on American society has waned, there have been those who have sought to make it more relevant to the real life concerns of individuals. This has been particularly true in the African-American community, where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave fresh meaning and relevance to the church during the period 1955-1968.

How Americans Give
Chronicle study finds that race is a powerful influence.

Is Multi-culturalism a threat to historically Black Churches?
by Douglas Ruffle, The Multi-ethnic Net Circular
Perhaps the most significant contribution to American religious history has been the role and vitality of historically black churches. The combination of transformation that is both personal and social has made a lasting impact on American life.

How Islam Is Winning Black America
Many African-Americans view Christianity as the White man's religion and associate conversion to Islam with recovering their ethnic heritage. Thus, to effectively evangelize African-American Muslims, it is crucial to understand the development of the American Muslim movement.

Evidence of Black Africans in the Bible
"It is sometimes difficult for people of color even to identify with the Christian Bible because, according to some scholars, there are no black people mentioned."

The Broad Sweep of the African American and Missions
by Marilyn Lewis
Since the latter 18th century, African Americans have displayed an interest in world evangelization . . . obedience best explains the activity from the 1770s to the present day.