About the Black Church Center
The Black Church Center for Justice and Equality (BCC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, national policy advocacy organization that seeks to reaffirm the social justice tradition of the Black Church, by providing a platform for progressive theological debate, public policy advocacy, and public engagement.
The BCC, founded by Reverend Dr. Delman Coates in 2014, works to discuss and develop best practices for ministry development while producing effective methodologies for mobilizing individual congregations around important community issues. The BCC includes a network of over 200 pastors, representing a variety of congregational sizes, but all of whom are committed to the social justice advocacy needed to challenge injustices and advocate for solutions and outcomes for their dissolution.
With a mission and overall goal of amplifying and strengthening the voices of progressive African American faith leaders, we aim to provide pastors and clergy with the tool needed to promote, discuss, mobilize, and advance their congregations, to drive effective change for the communities they serve.
By amplifying the role the Black Church plays in American public life, we can harness the power of the clergy, faith leaders and laypersons who represent the Black Church, which has historically and theoretically been rooted in a legacy of social justice activism, as a viable force for civic engagement, progressive adaptation, and social transformation. We believe we can build Black Power through Black Faith.
