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Black Churches

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Black churches in America continued along the same path but became stronger because of the need for unity among the black community. Today the black churches is not only a place to come and worship God. It brings the black community together. It holds families close and is a major part in a lot of the people of the black community. Back then when the slaves were freed. They came together in these churches to keep their culture alive and worship together. Back then is a lot like it is today, only stronger. Black churches became strong back then because the blacks turned to preachers. The preachers were the ones who had education and not only were the preachers preaching the word of God they were educating the black congregation. Black churches have become even more important in American civilization today because they have a big effect on the world. Many black churches have charities and festivals to help bring people back to God and stop some of the many deaths and murders that occur in our civilization today. There are orphanages and hungry children that benefit from fundraisers around the world.

The black church matters because it continues to have strong cultural hold on the black community and even white communities. The starting of the black churches where the blacks could freely worship has not died. Churches that started decades ago still have meaning in modern churches today. Many of the black churches today still speak about what the earlier churches spoke about, deliverance, peace, forgiveness, and god’s grace. Black churches are a place of welcome, even though they are named black churches they do not reject anyone.