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Isidore E. Sharpe Professor Kenneth Yelverton CH 103: African-American Church History 13 January 2018 The Religious Dimension and Black Baptists 1. What is the "Black Sacred Cosmos"? The "Black Sacred Cosmos" is a part of religion, which involves the African American human beings. This religious dimension deals with both the sacred and their African heritage, which form a mental picture of the whole universe as holy. Black Sacred Cosmos also, involves African Americans conversion to Christianity during the era of slavery. The Black Sacred Cosmos has shaped the African American culture during slavery and after slavery. It is the foreseeable future in the divine, Jesus Christ, which dominates the Black Sacred Cosmos. It deals with the same orthodox beliefs as Caucasian Americans, with certain theological views, as God being the anchor of their faith (Lincoln, 395 Kindle Edition). 2. Name and explain the social models presented in …show more content…

What is the status of women within Black Baptist organizations (Chapter 2)? The status of women within Black Baptist organizations vary from church to church and association to association. The Progressive National Baptist Convention has a few women clergy, but there were formal stand in any of the national conventions, either for or against ordination of women. But they allowed women to function in any office and a woman heads the Congress of Christian Education. Since 1979, the Baptist Ministers Conference in Baltimore has committed to a number of women Pastors, while other people protested against the women pastors. Still today, there are other organizations that allow women to serve in lay positions in a local church, and in other organizations they can be found serving as trustees and deacons. The National Baptist Convention restricted women to the usher board, women auxiliary and the women’s convention movement. In National Baptist Convention of America generally did not allow women hold any offices, whether locally or

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