The Black Church in America | Wednesday 1-21-26

Salem Baptist Church of Chicago
Pastor: Dr. Charlie E. Dates

Order of Service

00:00:00 – 00:01:01 – Intro Video
00:01:03 – 00:03:35 – Welcome -Dr Charlie Dates
00:03:35 – 00:07:26 – What Is The Black Church … The Invisible Institution … The History …
00:07:26 – 00:11:50 – … What We Believe Theologically … A Faithful Prophetic Witness … It Calls To Account … An Alternative View On Scripture … You Can not Read … Exodus And Justify Slavery God Saying Let My People Go … A More Faithful View
00:11:50 – 00:13:52 – … A More Faithful View It Was Always The word Of God … To Govern Our Lives … The Theological Bit Of The Black Church Informs The Culture … Our Lives Are Truly Transformed We Have The Holy Spirit Of God Birthed In Us … Birthed Anew In Christ
00:13:52 – 00:15:35 – … It Is The Application Of The Gospel That The Black Church … Our Preaching Majors In Conviction And Celebration … An Expression Of Experience …
00:15:35 – 00:17:08 – You Touched On Something … The Black Church Is Big On Hope … A Hope That Takes Feet … That Works To Transform Communities … How Have We Taken Hope Into The World And Bring About Transformation
00:17:08 – 00:20:45 – … This Is Such A Big Issue … Truth Be Told … The First Black Elect eds Came From The Church … Hope Being Carried in The Streets By Preachers … It Came Thru The Church … They Were Institutions …
00:20:45 – 00:24:50 – Then When You Look At Salem … Salem Voted This Community Dry … We Host the Black Boy Literacy … But Then We Respond And We Respond With Our Labor … What Role Does The Black Church Have As It Relates To Politics …
00:24:50 – 00:30:01 – … David Swanson Talks About How We Define Politics … A Consistent Biblical Thread … God Is Involved In The Systems And Structures … I want to Offer A Historical Perspective … God Gave Us Some major Victories During that Administration …
00:30:01 – 00:31:54 – But I Do Think … When You Look At The Witness Of … Dr Martin Luther Sr … They Were Not Loyal To A Party … They Were Loyal To Principals … It Has Always Been The Man Of God In The Shadows … To Make Moves For His People
00:31:54 – 00:41:31 – So We've Always Been … It's For Us To Define Prophetic Preaching … It's A Teaching That Calls people And Systems To Accountability To God … Preach The Word In Season And Out Of Season … Love Jesus And Live Right … To Be The Church …
00:41:31 – 00:45:59 – … Can We Talk About The Versions Of The Black Church … I Think We Understand This Desire For Reformation … Historically There's Been An Accountability … Where Do People Go To Find True Refuge …
00:45:59 – 00:57:21 – When Your Pastor Looks Like You But … Is The Black Church Racist … White People Are Welcome … Why Won't White People Come To … I Like To Go To Churches Where We Think … They Had An Identity Crisis … Tonight We Wanted To Talk About the Black Church …
00:57:21 – 00:57:55 – Wrap Up and Benediction
00:57:55 – 00:58:54 – A Message From Dr Charlie Dates



Worship Services:
Sundays - 11:00am CST
Wednesdays 7pm CST

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