What is Black church?
{{African American topics sidebar}} A '''Black Church''' is a [[Christian church]] whose [[congregation]] is mostly of [[African]] descent. There are many in the [[United States]] and increasingly in the [[United Kingdom]]. In the United States they include the [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] and the [[Church of God in Christ]]. Many were started by freed black people. In the United Kingdom they have been mostly started by immigrants from [[West Africa]]. They often have distinct forms of [[worship]] from African [[Spirituality|spiritual]] traditions, such as [[Call and response (music)|call and response]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Murphy |first1=Joseph |title=Working the Spirit: Ceremonies of the African Diaspora |date=1994 |publisher=Beacon Press Books |pages=145–176 |isbn=9780807012215 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M4nJeNAQ5U8C&q=Black+Church}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Churches]] [[Category:African culture]] {{religion-stub}}