Today on Faith in Action (Spirit 1400AM)
We’ll start by having a discussion about Episcopal Order. More and more Black Church-goers are noticing a change in the religious practice of the church. You’ll see more bishops in denominations that historically have not had bishops, you’ll see more emphasis on episcopacy, armor bearers, the investiture, and clerical rank. Here’s the question: Is the Black Church going too far in modeling Roman Catholic religious tradition? How does this nuance impact historic African American religious practice? And what’s up with all the big chef hats, staffs, and heavy gold chains?? LOL - kidding…we won’t ask that…at least not that way.
Then we’ll have a discussion with Felicia Wilson and Danielle Carter, mother and sister of Isaiah Simmons, III, who was killed by staffers at the Bowling Brook Preparatory School in Carroll County, Maryland in January 2007. Though the state medical examiner has ruled Isaiah’s death a homicide, no one has been charged with his murder. Felicia and Danielle will talk about their efforts to secure justice for Isaiah.
We may also have a discussion with Delegate Jill Carter (D-41) about some important legislation that she’s working on and a representative from the Baltimore Prays Movement - an interracial, international assembly of religious leaders who are interceding for the city of Baltimore.
My guest co-host for the day will be Rev. Ronald Covington.
For those in the Baltimore area please tune in today at 1PM ON SPIRIT 1400AM.
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March 4th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Is the Black Church going too far in modeling Roman Catholic religious tradition?
It has always been a deep concern of mine, the influence that euro-centric religion has had on the black church. I like what the Holy Spirit did when it dispatched Phillip to minister to and bring the Ethiopian eunuch to Christ. And we know of the work that he did on the African contient. Black Americans need to study and learn more about the Coptic Church in Africa.
Bishop Richard Allen made sure that he included the African component in the title of Methodist Episcopal in the church organization that he founded. Bishop W.T. Phillips another 20th century church founder, originally named his organization the Ethiopian Overcoming Holy Church.
Most euro-centric modeled churches have lost the center of their faith. And the countries where these countries have had the most influences, more and more their citizens are becoming secularists
October 10th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
if the black churches are modeling after the Roman Catholicism, they should go and study history of all those papal bulls back in the 1300-1500s. in these papal bulls you’ll find that the pope, the very man they seem to want to imitate is the one responsible for the african slave trade. I was blessed to do a couple of seminars on this very subject.
SUNDAYWORSHIP AND SLAVERY HAPPENED TO THE AFRRICAN SLAVE SIMULTANIOUSLY WITH THE BLESSINGS OF THE POPE OF ROME.
THE BULL ROMANUS PONTIFEX 1455