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black church  

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  • The Black Church is a comprehensive term that refers to African American Christian institutions dating back to the 18th century. The Black Church is a faith-based community structure, which is characterized by spiritual, social, and communicative patterns specific to African culture that set it apart from European and Western Christian churches of the same denomination. [Source: Encyclopedia of Black Studies; Black Church]

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