Black church Quote by Deborrah Cooper

“The black church is quite literally a sounding board for vetting ideas and voicing frustrations so black folk can stay sane in the midst…

— Michael Eric Dyson

“But I remain what I was when I started my vocation, my pilgrimage of self-discovery: a black preacher. It is for that reason that…

— Michael Eric Dyson

“As a traumatised black nation, we never go to therapists and shrinks, but we got to church instead.”

— Mthokozisi Radebe

“God loves you even on your blackest days, and He will always, always be there to guide you home. All you have to do…

— Lauren Myracle

“Back then, Black churches were a small piece of peace. Church was a world where, even with its imperfections, the offer of equality and…

— Janelle Gray

The black church will accept anybody.

— James McBride

“I told the priest my god is a black woman he poured holy water on me and scheduled me for an exorcism”

— Ijeoma Umebinyuo

“God does not want a church filled with white-robed saints. He does not want a church filled with theological authorities or cultured clergyman. He…

— Ray Stedman

“Their sermons help black folk resist the evil seductions of white supremacy. Very few members go away from such homilies without hope for their…

— Michael Eric Dyson

The false black preacher is only too happy to reinforce the idea of the white man as scapegoat. His sermons make the congregation angrier…

— Jesse Lee Peterson

“[T]he Black Church's inflexibility on same-sex marriage and homophobia continues to imperil the moral health and social capital of communities of color. It is…

— Sikivu Hutchinson in Moral Combat Black Atheists Gender Politics and the Values Wars

“More men go to church than want to.”

— Mark Twain