A Word from Bob: You’re reading Part 1, in a blog mini-series on Black Church History. You can read Part 1 here: My History with Black History Month. I’ve developed this series from my book, Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care. I’ve also based this blog series on a presentation I shared at Bethel Church in Gary, Indiana. You can find the PowerPoint presentation of that session here (here’s a shortened link if you’d like to easily share it: http://bit.ly/10LegaciesPPT). The focus of this blog mini-series is on: Learning from the Legacy of the Heroes of Black Church History.
Leave a Lasting Family Legacy: African American Christian Family Life
The first area where we can learn so much from Black Church history is in their Christian family life. We think the world today makes it hard for the Christian family—and it does. But can we even begin to imagine the difficulties faced by the African American family during slavery?
Many times mothers and fathers were sold away from children, and children were sold away from their parents. Many times women were raped and abused. Men were abused and horribly demeaned. Yet, letter after letter
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