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One thing human beings all have in common is stories. Stories are celebrated and remembered, told and retold by humans from every tribe and time in history. The story of the Black Church in America has its roots set in a tradition that can be traced back to Africa in the role of the griot, the ancient African storyteller. The griot’s work and purpose was to preserve the history of the people and their culture by telling their story. Think of how important it was for the identity and faith of ancient Israel to remember the works of the Lord in delivering them from slavery in Egypt. It’s so important to remember history that the Lord commands the Israelites to do so in Deuteronomy 6:20-23.
God commands us to remember our history because our history helps us understand who God is. We know that God is mighty, powerful and intervenes on behalf of His people because we have the stories to prove it! And those stories don’t end in scripture- God is at work in our own lives and in our own story as Black people in America.
“These stories are centered around the Black church experience and to be honest with you, I would like to see more young people in church, so I’m hoping that these stories will encourage people to go to church because it’s such a place of community.”
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