Reverend CJ Rhodes, pastor of the historic Mt Helm Church in Jackson, MS, speaks about the unique perspective the Black Church offers America today. Rhodes details the history of the American Black Church, contending that its deeply-rooted resilience and active social initiative can show Christians an important understanding of Jesus’s commandment to “love thy neighbor.”

“The unique contribution of the Black Church is to remind America that whenever it preaches division and hatred and bitterness it cannot be preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ” - Reverend CJ Rhodes

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