African Church

Black churches in America have long been recognized as the most independent, stable, and dominant institutions in Black communities. Drawing on interviews with more than 1,800 Black clergy in both urban and rural settings, combined with a comprehensive historical overview of seven mainline Black denominations, C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya present an analysis of the Black church as it relates to the history of African Americans and to contemporary Black culture.

Christine is in desperate attempts to find her purpose amidst the horrible bullying and other dysfunctions from her past. Her naivety and the inclination to soothe her wounds through toxic relationships may prove fatal to her destiny when buried secrets resurrect in her pathway. Christine Wells is a young woman stripped of esteem and identity by poverty, bullying, and family dysfunctions who is determined to reach her destination of identity and purpose. These dysfunctions cause her to choose to engage in sexual relationships at a tender age. When we open ourselves up to sexual sin at a ...

The Preacher's Son captivates with all the intensity expected of a Weber novel. Bishop T.K. Wilson is a pillar of the community, pastor of the largest African-American church in Queens, NY, and has always tended to he needy. Running for borough president, he faces one shocking revelation after another that could not only derail his campaign, but also force him to reevaluate his family values.

Reverend Simon Jackson has always felt destined to lead and he's done a good job of it, transforming his small Houston church into one of the most respected and renowned in the region. But while the good Reverend's been busy tending his flock, his family's gone astray. His 19-year-old daughter, Rachel, gives new meaning to "baby mama drama." Crazy in love with her son's father, she's wreaking havoc on the man's life, even though he's about to marry another woman. David, Simon's oldest at 27, has been spiraling downward ever since a knee injury ended a promising football career.

What is the true nature and mission of the church? Is its proper Christian purpose to save souls, or to transform the social order? This question is especially fraught when the church is one built by an enslaved people and formed, from its beginning, at the center of an oppressed community's fight for personhood and freedom. Such is the central tension in the identity and mission of the Black church in the United States.

Ruth’s beau died - simply because he was a slave.She is determined to help other enslaved people as she assists with the Underground Railroad. Recently freed and illiterate, Ruth is hired to bake mouth-watering delicious bread in a Philadelphia bakery. Her boss Joseph is kind, handsome, and determined to put an end to slavery. She feels emotionally connected to him as they work together for a common cause. His presence is like a fresh splash of spring rain on her parched soul. However, Joseph has plans. He’s determined to make some major changes in his life. He desperately wants to ...

Family over everything – that’s the motto in the Carson family, and no matter how life has tried to tear them down, these five brothers always find a way to put family first – but is it all a lie? They present a united front, but each brother has enough lies and secrets to rip the family apart forever. In this first installment, you meet big brother Ace: the glue that holds the brothers together, but even the most noble man can’t say no to temptation. He’s living the dream, but will his happiness last when his “temptation” decides she wants to be his main? Mason is willing to ...

Tressie faithfully prays every night that God will send her a thug. It isn't long before her prayers are answered, and she meets a handsome ex-convict named Payce Boyd. He is a fine roughneck, everything Tressie imagined and more - that is until Tressie experiences firsthand the reality of being a thug's girl. Seeking solace and comfort in the sanctuary, Tressie soon learns valuable lessons and shocking truths about herself and others.

Forced into the new First Lady role at Shady Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Leah Westchester-Jackson’s true gifts and passions are stamped out by impossible expectations. To cope, Leah creates a fake identity, attempting to appease her father and husband. Already suffering from the effects of family drama, including sibling rivalry, favoritism fueled by colorism, and a lack of maternal bonding, Leah finally loses all restraint when her heart shatters into millions of pieces from the chaos of betrayal, legalism, and hypocrisy. Leah plummets onto a search for completion outside of the ...

The Becoming Series dives into the raw, magnetic evolution of women who refuse to shrink. These books blend scandal, sensuality, and emotional truth as each woman fights her way through heartbreak, reinvention, and the beautiful chaos of becoming. Written with cinematic detail and a bold femme-forward voice, the series pulls readers into a world where glow-ups are gritty, growth is earned, and every chapter exposes a new layer of power. What happens when a “good” church girl realizes the rules were never meant to save her? Crystal grew up as the choir’s golden voice, the pastor’s ...

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The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions.

CONTAINS UNCENSORED, RAW, AND EXPLICIT CONTENT. RATCHET, SEXUALIZED, HARD CHARGING, COLD BLOODED, PAGE TURNING, HOT, STEAMY, AND AWE INSPIRING FIRE FROM THE GUT! WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SON OF A PERVERT? A mega church minister is torn between the ways of his womanizing, sexually perverse, father, and his God fearing, holy ghost grandfather. In the end he becomes a dangerous combination of both, causing him to lose his family and everything he holds dear, as he fights for love, peace, and happiness. CAN A SINNER BECOME A SAINT? Still in love with the church, he lives the life of a born again ...

He's a predator. She's his latest prey. Will she fall for him or bring him to his knees? When it is revealed there is a serial predator in the midst, the women of the congregation must come together to stop him before someone else gets hurt. It may already be too late. Scroll up and "Click Buy to Buy" for your Instant Copy

In the heart of Nashville, Tennessee, Pastor Andre’ Robertson had spent years kindling his legacy by preaching at New Light Missionary Baptist Church. Alongside his supportive wife, Angela, and two kids Andrea and Kayla, they all experienced peace and happiness. This all came to a halt when he was accused of raping a member of his flock. Trust and faith are tested to their limits between family, friends, and the congregation on if their pastor was falsely accused. Sin is always brewing in the pulpit and life is not always forgiving for guilty or the innocent.

Rhythm’s First Lady: A Platinum Chocolate Romance by LongTemple Power does not always arrive as cruelty. Sometimes it arrives as opportunity. Claire Graham is an architect whose talent is finally being seen—just as the church that shaped her husband begins to claim him. As invitations multiply and doors open, Claire and Oliver must decide what kind of success they are willing to accept, and what kind of faith they are willing to lose. Set against Newark’s rising cultural landscape and the quiet machinery of religious authority, Rhythm’s First Lady is a visionary, emotionally rich ...

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Stony the Road and one of our most important voices on the African-American experience, a powerful new history of the Black church in America as the Black community's abiding rock and its fortress. The companion book to the upcoming PBS series. For...

Eddie Johnson has a three eBook collection written for Church Drama Romance fans. All three eBooks provide an escape into the daily lives of church folks. Minister Terrell Crutchfield in Megan's Fools Paradise deals with life consequences involving two church harlots. Marital infidelity and adultery take center stage in this delightfully entertaining church tale. And in Temptation in the Pulpit - Baptist Minister Devon Tucker finds nothing wrong with working for the Lord while holding his own as a ladies' man and Casanova. Will grace and mercy be sufficient to save the minister from an ...

Staring into the face of betrayal of the worse kind, Leah, the new First Lady of the Shady Hill Missionary Baptist Church, must deal with the internal struggles of a woman scorned. At this point, she plummets onto a journey where she searches for completion outside of the walls of the traditional church. During Leah’s journey, she stumbles into many cultural themes that the church often finds difficult to deal with such as metaphysics, transcendental meditation, mind science, gender confusion, and more. Kyle, Leah’s husband and the new Pastor of Shady Hill has his own battles. Climbing ...

Joy Unspeakable focuses on the aspects of the Black church that point beyond particular congregational gatherings toward a mystical and communal spirituality not exclusive to any denomination. This mystical aspect of the black church is deeply implicated in the wellbeing of African American people but is not the focus of their intentional reflection. Moreover, its traditions are deeply ensconced within the historical memory of wider society and can be found in Coltrane's riffs, Malcolm's exhortations, the Black Lives Matter Movement and the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama.