Now before I get started with the blog let me be the first to say that I love my church. I have been a faithful member for almost five years. I would also say that this church for me is unlike any other church I’ve ever attended. It operates on the same principles as other churches, which is a must for survival and to do the work of ministry, but it doesn’t pray on its members.

Now that I got that out the way.  This blog, if read by any black religious folks or hell any religious person in general, will not appease you. See I’m applying this to the Black Church because it’s the one that I know but I’m sure this could apply to many different denominations and sects of churches.

I personally believe that part of the reason that so many people today, and especially in America, are disassociating themselves from the church is because they are heavy handed and way to built around Capitalism, instead of Servitism. And yes, I did just create that word. Let me explain: Servitism is what the church was supposed to be based upon. Serving the community, its members, visitors and those who were less fortunate. It was meant to serve as a conduit between God and his teachings. See it was meant to be that bridge to understanding.

But because of the Government back during President 43, the Black Church has become nothing short of a cash cow. And I would go so far as to say to trace it further back than that. When the White Capitalists ventured down to Africa to rape the land and become the benefactors of its riches, they handed the Africans a bible and church, while they took the land and their self dignity.

What bothers me so much about today’s Secular culture is that we see so many damn churches all over the place and yet, we as a people and a nation are more fucked up, socially isolated and broken than ever before. When I try to figure out why, I look no further than those churches. In fact, lets just look at one type of church.. The Mega Church.

See this type of church is the epitome of a Capitalistic Church. All of the pastors of these churches, except one, preach a message of exclusion and demon spirits. They like to tell you that the only way to measure your success is to be rich and have lots of prosperity. They never tell you that you need to sufficiently address your personal deficiencies. They don’t like to tell you that if you love the same sex you are equal. They don’t like tell you to budget, they like to tell you to give your all to the church. Even to the point of being broke, because that’s when God will bless you.

And to me that sounds stupid. Why would God want you to not be able to sustain yourself, to prop up an institution that is thriving and booming with money and resources. Instead, shouldn’t that institution be giving back to its parishioners who have given to build their cause?

Yes there are things that these churches do in the community, but is it really enough? Are they really addressing enough people and solving enough of the problems? Maybe if the Church stop trying to pad its coffers and spent more time making sure the neighborhood and environment within which they occupy has the resources, both monetary and nonmonetary, to grow and develop into truly productive and supportive places. Maybe then we wouldn’t have so many senseless killings, so much White on Black police crime, so many domestic abuse cases, and so much rampant and needless homelessness.

Come on Black Church, ease up your reins and change your Capitalistic model, you have a community that needs you.