[Honeykiss1974]

Since I didn't see Tavis's forum on The Black Family...

I was watching Praise The Lord Friday and a minister was speaking about the black church and how we have lost our basic and foremost purpose - winning souls to Christ and having the HEART of Christ.

As someone stated earlier we are SO concerned with prosperity and telling folks that "by sowing into our ministry God will answer your prayer" stuff (I am not talking about tithing) that we have forgotten our true purpose.

I believe we have also let jealousy (aka the devil) set up show in some on our churches as well, although this seems to be a problem that plagues our community in many different avenues other than the church (men, women, sorority, fraternity, classes, etc.). Churches should band together and build shelters for the homeless or low income housing for the poor without worrying about "which church or pastor gets the glory or the praise for the idea" (when we all know that it will be GOD who will be exalted).

If we want the church to be the cornerstone of our community as it one was, we need to lay aside all this petty mess and be about the business of Christ as He instructed us to be.