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The Black Church: Its Development and Present Impact

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2011

Richard I. McKinney
Richard I. McKinney
Affiliation:
Morgan State College, Baltimore, MD.
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The Black church, historically, is the most significant institution in the Black community.

I. History and Development of the Black Church

A. There were differences of opinion with respect to whether slaves should be Christianized.

B. The Christian religion was accepted by the slaves because it offered hope and salvation.

C. Although at first religious instruction was given the slaves, this was later discontinued, then renewed after the Revolutionary War.

D. Three major denominations split over the question of slavery.

E. Independent churches were established by free Negroes in the North.

Type
Research Article
Information
Harvard Theological Review , Volume 64 , Issue 4: Theology and the Black Consciousness , October 1971 , pp. 452 - 481
Copyright
Copyright © President and Fellows of Harvard College 1971

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