Lent, Legacy, and Legitmacy: The Black Religious Struggle

Published: Feb. 10, 2016, 5 p.m.

b'Blacks have spent centuries attempting to measure up to western Christianity\'s religious standards. Black preachers heralded high moral standards and strict religious observances that kept the idea of "heavenly rewards" ever before the eyes of their members. Has this desire for religious and holy legitmacy and legacy contributed to the black church\'s current condition of carnality and withdrawal. What role does black gospel music and preachers have in reaffirming the contemporary religious struggle in the black church? Join Pastor Neal for this and other topics of interest'