Today is the last Sunday of Black History Month. What better time is there for we traditional African-American Christians to start the conversations about our similarities to and differences from the ancient faith that is still being practiced in Africa and other parts of the world? I pray that between today and this time next year that more black ministers will take up the challenge to, at least, take a serious look at Orthodoxy even if we choose not to convert. There is no good reason to ignore our history as a part of the oldest expression of the Christian faith.
THE FAITH OF A NIGER
Acts 11:19-26, 13:1-3
No one can doubt or ignore the role Protestant Christianity played in African-American History. On one of our bulletin boards, there are various images of the Baptist minister and Civil Rights leader we are very familiar with, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. …
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The Modern Monastic Order Of Saint Simon of Cyrene 
“I pray that between today and this time next year that more black ministers will take up the challenge to, at least, take a serious look at Orthodoxy even if we choose not to convert”.
This is a serious question that does indeed need addressing