Black church Quote by Janelle Gray

“the black church helped African Americans survive the harshest forms of oppression and developed a revolutionary appeal for universal communal spirituality. The black church…

— Anonymous

“Racism was an important moral issue, one that the church needed to confront. Putting a black man in a position of honor and authority…

— Timothy B. Tyson

“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

Black churches minister to social needs out of necessity.

— Barack Obama

“[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

The wonderful thing about the black church for me is that it forces you to come to terms with the centrality of love in…

— Cornel West

When we say the Black church, we have never meant anything racially exclusive by that. The Black church is the antislavery church. It is…

— Raphael Warnock

I love what the church offers to us as a culture - black people in particular. We would be nowhere without the black church.

— Oprah Winfrey

[We need reforms] to make the Negro church a place where colored men and women of education and energy can work for the best…

— Anonymous

“A church was only as good or bad as the philosophy that emanated from the pulpit.”

— Erika Johansen

“If we're serious about rebuilding and restoring what was lost in our communities, in our families, in society, it really does start here. (Reclaiming…

— Carlos Wallace

Church gives people a sense of community, a sense of how to behave... social support when times get tough. In a world where white…

— J. D. Vance