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Transformative Essay: Jesus Is In The Hood

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they will never go to the nobodies, this is how you can tell Christ church from the state churches, are they waiting for the lost to show up at the doors of their empires? The 90 and 09 self righteous religious empires that seek and save the lost in the valley, we’ve come to set the record straight, Jesus is in the Hood! Jesus is in the Hood he is not crucified to the walls of state churches waiting for you to come in, pay your money and to be saved. Jesus is in the Hood! His identity is not being controlled through theology degrees, Jesus is in the Hood! Where his mission and his message are being made one, he was born among animals that are a hood birth; he was born a wanted man by authorities that are a hood birth. His mother had to offer the sacrifice of the poor, that’s a hood birth; he was born of an unwedded teen mother, that’s a hood birth. He was born with the worse of social conditions, that’s a hood birth. He was born with a target on his head, that’s a hood birth. He was born to person that were oppressed, that are a hood birth, he was born despised and rejected, and that’s a hood birth. He was born under a policy of racial profiling, that’s a hood birth. He was born a Black male, that’s a hood birth. Jesus would never turn his back on where he comes from, Jesus is in the Hood! The voice of a few hundred erupted into the sound of thousands Brother John, by the spirit of Jehovah, and given the un-churched crowd a pan ramp view of Jesus in the Hood!” …show more content…

And revealed to the crowd and most of the members surprise hats, t-shirts, and hooded sweat jackets with the phrase “Jesus in the hood” Sarah and I looked at one another and pointed towards the sky. Our public silent way of saying, “Jehovah is the best of all planners!” and from the corner of my eye I saw two men walk away from the crowd once the product was revealed. They got in an unrecognizable car and sped off, my first thought was of Mr. Preaches

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