Recently, I’ve finished a blog series which compared the spirituality of traditional, devout Black Christians to Reformed spirituality. The goal of this mini-series was to answer the following question: Why aren’t there more Black Reformed Christians? The central thesis of this series is that diverging views of Christian spirituality is the essential reason why devout Black Christians generally are not in Reformed churches. In other words, the mode and nature of traditional Black spirituality is quite different than Reformed spirituality. In the blog series, I addressed the commonalities and differences between traditional Black spirituality and Reformed spirituality. This post breaks up that series into six basic parts.

Part I: Points of Agreement

• The Christian Sabbath in Black Spirituality
• The Sacraments in Black Spirituality
• The Local Church in Black Spirituality

Part II: Points of Disagreement

• The Means of Grace in Black Spirituality
• Syncretism in Black Spirituality
• The Mind in Black Spirituality