Black Church Studies

by Marshall Hatch

Publisher:

Seminary Now

, 2023

Overview

What is the Black church? What role has it played in the culture and liberation of Black Americans throughout US history?

Rev. Dr. Marshall Hatch takes viewers on a journey through the history and impact of the Black church in America, from the religion of white slaveholders passed to enslaved peoples to the role of the church today in the era of Black Lives Matter. He teaches on the Civil War, Reconstruction, the development of Black denominations due to segregation, prominent Black church leaders and theologians, the Civil Rights era, and the new time of racial reckoning in America today.

The Black church has guided culture, provided hope in hard times, and been the motivating and organizing force behind pushes for the rights of Black Americans. While church attendance is decreasing, Hatch contends that the Black church still has an important role to play in American life.

Key Features

• Takes viewers on a journey through the history and impact of the Black church in America.
• Provides hope in hard times, and been the motivating and organizing force.
• Contends that the Black church still has an important role to play in American life.

Contents

• Lesson 1: The Origins of the Black Church in America
• Lesson 2: The Development of Black Churches, Black Church Culture, and Black Denominations
• Lesson 3: The Black Church: The Center of Black Life and Aspirations
• Lesson 4: “Jim Crow” Segregation, the “New Negro,” and Cultural Renaissance (1900–1954)
• Lesson 5: The Black Church and the Civil Rights Movement
• Lesson 6: Black Power and Black Theology
• Lesson 7: Black Millennial Trends and the Black Church
• Lesson 8: Does the Black Church Matter in the Era of Black Lives Matter?

Product Details

• Title: Black Church Studies (video)
• Author: Marshall Hatch
• Publisher: Seminary Now
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Video
• Subjects: African American churches › Videos; Black theology
• Resource ID: LLS:BLACKCHURCHSTVD
• Resource Type: Media
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-12-19T18:13:54Z

About Marshall Hatch

Rev. Dr. Marshall Elijah Hatch, Sr. has been the Senior Pastor of the New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church of West Garfield since 1993. Hatch received the distinguished Charles E. Merrill Fellowship of Harvard Divinity School in 1998. He has served as Adjunct Professor on the faculty of McCormick Theological Seminary and as both Adjunct and Associate Professor at Northern Seminary.

Throughout his ministry, Marshall Hatch has commenced numerous innovative community outreach programs. Most notable among these are: the Westside Isaiah Plan – Interfaith Affordable Housing Construction; an annual pilgrimage to Zimbabwe, Africa; an Illinois Department of Corrections and Cook County Jail visitation and correspondence ministry; Mountain Men’s Ministries and Enterprises; the Christian Sisters Women’s Ministries; a Substance Abuse Task Force; and the Pilgrim Community Development Corporation (Pilgrim Village).

Rev. Hatch has a history of civic involvement spanning over two decades. He served as a member of the Chicago School Board Nominating Commission from 1989–1991. He served as Moderator of the Friendship Baptist District Association, and he is the National Director of Religious Affairs of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. He also serves on the board of the African American Leadership Partnership and Westside Ministers AIDS Coalition. He and his church are actively affiliated with the American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago, the Illinois National Baptist State Convention, and the National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. He is presently involved in the formation of the Chicago Metropolitan United Power for Action and Justice.