I’m a 28 year old African American female minister. Politically, I consider myself a intellectual radical. I love authentic spirituality in all it’s forms. Although I am interfaith and ecumenical by nature, Jesus is my dude. And I’m Jesus’ girl. All of these fun facts cause a lot of inner and outer turmoil. I am in care for ordination with the United Church of Christ. Was raised Baptist and in my heart I may always be Baptist. As Rev. Ken Samuel’s put it, “… if it’s not Baptist, we [Black Christians] will ‘baptize’ it.”
Whenever I talk about my transition from the Baptist Church to the UCC, someone inevitably will ask, “what led to this transition?” Oh nothing… Ok that’s not true. I left the National Baptist and eventually the Baptist Church all together because of the expectation that I would “confess” beliefs regardless my actual opinion or understanding. I was told that as a Baptist I should agree with “Bush’s stance on gay marriage.” I didn’t agree and I still don’t agree even as Bush is on his way out (Barack the White House!). I tried to move on to the American Baptist and I still felt that my voice would be stifled. So I moved on to the UCC, a denomination where I felt a sense of freedom and immediate validation of my call.
As you can see I am clearly a very opinionated person and I’ve dealt with a lot of frustration related to the church. I needed a space to speak my mind, to be the “Mad Preacher” that I am, to explore life and legacy of the Original Mad Preacher (OMP) Jesus… hope you enjoy my rants and raves.
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I may not agree with the gay and marriage. but I do agree that there are people that are uncovential in the body of christ, and we do not fit in the mold that it trys to create. May the lord bless you sis, and he moves you in a place to be heard. I would not have through of doing something like this, but i think I will creat a blog to. Please email me if you can blessednthecity@yahoo.com.