Black Church Community Description

The members of this community are, for the most part, black Christians. Most black churches allow people of all races and colors to attend their church, but an overwhelming majority of members are African-Americans. As the Consolidated Baptist Church’s website (2010) states, “People from all backgrounds, ethnicities, and age groups call Consolidated their home (FAQ page).  They come from all different places and social classes, but they share a common religious belief. Black churches have been around since the American slave days, when the slaves would gather together and have their own church separate from the whites. The slaves were forced by their owners to be baptized and were given new Christian names. The slaves were forced to practice Christianity and had to abandon their native and tribal religions completely. After slavery was abolished, blacks continued to practice Christianity and formed their own version of Christianity that was designed specifically for African-Americans (Mellowes, 2010). The present-day community hopes to carry out God’s work and worship Him. They do so by attending services, singing, dancing, and serving others.