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The Black sermonic tradition, or Black preaching tradition, is an approach to sermon (or homily) construction and delivery practiced primarily among African Americans in the Black Church. The tradition seeks to preach messages that appeal to both the intellect and the emotive dimensions of humanity.
Marshall Keeble (December 7, 1878 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee – April 20, 1968 in Nashville, Tennessee) was an African American preacher of the church of Christ, whose successful career notably bridged a racial divide in an important American religious movement prior to the Civil Rights Movement.
William Saunders Crowdy (August 11, 1847 – August 4, 1908) was an American soldier, preacher, entrepreneur and pastor. He was also one of the earliest known Black Hebrew Israelites in the United States, he established the Church of God and Saints of Christ in 1896 after he claimed to have had visions telling him "That blacks were descendants of the twelve lost tribes of Israel".
Ebony Magazine twice named Adams one of the country’s top 15 greatest Black preachers, and one of the top 100 most influential Black Americans.
Harry Hosier (c. 1750 – May 1806 [1]), better known during his life as "Black Harry", was an African American Methodist preacher during the Second Great Awakening in the early United States. Dr. Benjamin Rush said that, "making allowances for his illiteracy, he was the greatest orator in America". [2]
Adams also was twice cited by Ebony Magazine as one of the nation’s 15 greatest Black preachers and one of the top 100 most influential Black Americans.
In 1991 [7] and 1992, [8] Ebony magazine selected Adams as one of the 100 "Most Influential Black Americans". In 1993, Ebony listed [clarification needed] Adams in their list of "The 15 Greatest Black Preachers". [9] Adams died from pneumonia and cardiac arrest on November 29, 2023, at the age of 86. [6]
Black women have been the backbone of the Black church and the vanguards of ministry, in and out of the The post Black women preachers who changed—and are changing—history appeared first on ...