African American Church

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

Racial Justice and the Catholic Church examines the presence of racism in America from its early history through the Civil Rights Movement and the election of Barack Obama. It also explores how Catholic social teaching has been used - and not used - to promote reconciliation and justice.

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 ...

After experiencing the shock of hypocrisy, legalism, infidelity, and many other soul-crushing experiences, Leah chose to leave the confines of the traditional church to find fulfillment and define true worship, spirituality, and love. Just when things appear to turn in her favor, Leah experiences yet another painful blow. Both Leah and her sister Rebbie are blindsided by a terrible heart-wrenching secret that leaves both women dejected and in despair. Will these unfavorable events trigger an even greater attempt for Leah to detach from her former responsibilities to the church? Will she ...

Burned by his faith. Abandoned by his family. Coming out was nothing compared to finding a reason to forgive… Embittered, Lawrence Greene can't catch a break. He loathes his dead-end job, and his love life is pitiful. When his religious mother returns seeking reconciliation, he’s torn between resentment and his need to heal. As his mother fights for a place in her son's life, her presence conjures painful memories for Lawrence. But when a sexy and good-hearted man named Hakee Mitchell comes knocking, will Lawrence let go of his grief and embrace a fresh start? The Freed Church Boy is a ...

In 1838, a group of America’s most prominent Catholic priests sold 272 enslaved people to save their largest mission project, what is now Georgetown University. In this groundbreaking account, journalist, author, and professor Rachel L. Swarns follows one family through nearly two centuries of indentured servitude and enslavement to uncover the harrowing origin story of the Catholic Church in the United States. Through the saga of the Mahoney family, Swarns illustrates how the Church relied on slave labor and slave sales to sustain its operations and to help finance its expansion.

In a community built on tradition and religion, Chloe Rhodes struggles to reconcile her identity with the expectations of her church and family. The fortifying walls guarding her most intimate life story are about to be torn down by a single message that will shake her world to its core. Chloe, a spirited and fiercely independent young woman, has always known she was different. Yet, the mere thought of revealing her truth to her conservative community fills her with fear and trepidation. Determined to live an authentic life, she embarks on a journey to convince her loved ones to accept her ...

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.

From the outside looking in, Deacon Devlyn Dubose is exceedingly blessed and highly esteemed. His charismatic personality and overwhelming magnetism make most instinctively gravitate toward him. He appears to be a chief example of a true man of God. However, his wife, Azrielle, has come to see him differently. She knows first-hand how fast the seemingly compassionate man can turn into a double-faced monster, a saint on Sunday but a devil in the streets. For over a year, she has lived her own double life, a contented wife in the public eye, but a prisoner to her husband’s whims behind ...

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.

In Jezebel Unhinged Tamura Lomax traces the use of the jezebel trope in the Black church and in Black popular culture, showing how it is pivotal to reinforcing men's cultural and institutional power to discipline and define Black girlhood and womanhood. Drawing on writing by medieval thinkers and travelers, Enlightenment theories of race, the commodification of women's bodies under slavery, and the work of Tyler Perry and Bishop T. D. Jakes, Lomax shows how Black women are written into religious and cultural history as sites of sexual deviation.

Temptation in the Pulpit is full of church drama revolving around Minister Devon Tucker and his congregation. Devon 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 impending fall and to silence the discord of the church's brothers and sisters? The faithful members in his congregation must way the potential yield result of the pitfall of his not so becoming behavior on the church. Ambiguity sets the tone for the story after Georgette Bradbury applies to be the new assistant ...

On September 15, 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL, was bombed, killing four young girls. Who were the perpetrators? Due to reluctant witnesses and racial prejudice, the FBI closed the case without any indictments. But as Martin Luther King, Jr., claimed, "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Bending Toward Justice is a detailed account of this key moment in our national struggle for equality and the long road to prosecuting those responsible for the tragedy, related by an author who played a major role in the investigation.

At a time in which some within the African American community are questioning the place of the Christian faith in the struggle for justice, New Testament scholar McCaulley argues that reading Scripture from the perspective of Black church tradition is invaluable for connecting with a rich faith history and addressing the urgent issues of our times.

Staggering through the shadows of rejection and abandonment, Xavier Taylor eagerly embraces the transition into adulthood; but, he must face the demons from his childhood closet! Hiding his heart within the security of childhood friendships, writing rap lyrics, and leaning upon the faith of his Grandmother, will Xavier discover his real purpose and destiny? This is the gripping story of rescuing the little boy in order to release the soul of the man. Oftentimes, the anger of a man Is not anger at all...but the manifestations stemming from a cycle of trauma!

What happens when your faith is tested in the place you trusted most? Monét Avery has always followed the rules—of ministry, of womanhood, and of the Black church. She’s loyal. Committed. Discreet. But when revival season brings a guest preacher with charm, secrets, and a gift for spiritual seduction, Monét is pulled into a quiet storm that will shake the foundations of everything she believes. What begins in silence turns into a search for truth, one that threatens reputations, exposes corruption, and challenges whether the church can survive the weight of its own sins. With ...

Black women are the hidden figures in the church. Despite at times being rendered invisible, uninvited, and unprotected in a racist and sexist world, they are valued image-bearers and influential instruments in God’s redemptive plan. Church Girl invites you, as a Black woman, on a journey from the garden to the present day. Your unique story as a Black woman lies within the grand narrative of Scripture, and the message of the gospel is the light, lens, and love you need to help you see and live as God intends.

High school sweethearts, Monica and Robert fight to save their marriage when Robert decided to take his relationship with God seriously. His new commitment to his new found faith forces Monica to feel judged and alone. Refusing to support Roberts life changing efforts, Monica becomes rebellious and negligent as a wife and mother. She is desperate to keep her unhealthy marriage and questions the God who she feels is tearing them apart.

This book is the compelling sequel to the continuing saga of events evolving from book # 1: “Unequally Yoked- the Pleasures of Sin Lasts for a Season.” After coming face to face with the grief, anguish, and heartbreak from her past, Christine Wells forges ahead in contemplation of picking up the broken pieces only to discover lessons in reaping and sowing. Will Christine be able to endure the night seasons of wrestling, pushing, and pulling in order to see the dawning of her day of destiny? Download your copy today!

From the New York Times best-selling 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.