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Analyzing The Dialectical Model Of The Black Church

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Isidore E. Sharpe Professor Kenneth Yelverton CH 103: African-American Church History 18 January 2018 African-American Church History Mid-Term • Describes the Dialectical Model of the Black Church There are surly other models that describes and provide a snapshots of the Black Church. The “Dialectical Model” offers the most positive understanding of the Black Church, as an ethnic community-prophetic” model. This model is closer to the Nelsen’s model. Black churches has been confronted with persistent series of dialectical tensions, which is related to the reasonable discussion of ideas and opinions. This is no new model by far. The Dialectical Model is reiterated in order to acquire a holistic picture of black churches. It also observes …show more content…

The black churches are active in both roles, the priestly and prophetic. The priestly roles deals with worship and maintaining a spiritual lively hood in the ministry, while the prophetic focuses upon articulating an essential word of God’s judgment. The Dialectical Model indicates that the black church functions more as an institution with the attitudes of survival, instead of the prophetic churches of liberation. The other-worldly versus this-worldly is a continual dialog on how the black churches feel and act as believers toward the world. The other-worldly aspect is the mindset of heaven views, with concerns on eternal life or the world beyond, but it abandons the thoughts toward political and social concerns, which is this-worldly aspect. The Dialectical Model have shown that the black church has been more focus upon the “other-worldly” aspect and less on the “this-worldly” aspect that is the present time. The Dialectical Model also indicates that the black church have continue to preach universal Christian message that all race is welcome to attend, as they continue to battle with racism of the past …show more content…

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