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Black Church, Inc. focuses in justifying the dichotomy of the prophets' profits. It points
out at pastors who are perceived as activists including Pastor Raphael Warnock, Rev. Al
Sharpton, and Rev. Taharka Robinson, as well as other pastors including Rev. T.D. Jakes, Rev.
Creflo Dollar, and Rev. Eddie Long. The documentary ascertains that black church pastors are
not actual Christians but hungry and greedy people who are aiming at accumulating wealth in the
name of spreading the word of God.
Mega-churches capitalize on entertainment because most of the Mega-church pastors are
treated like superstars (Barnes 177-198). These pastors are pretending to preach the gospel that
they are unable to adhere to. They have been deceiving people that they possess holy powers.
The church has been turned into a profit-making business where pastors conduct the business in
the name of preaching the gospel. The church institution is at the black America's soul, for
whom the church has been a means of upward mobility, escape, as well as a celebratory
community where the humanity of members is affirmed, and its leaders respected (Bialecki 973-
977). According to Dr. Anthony Pinn, who is a Religious Studies professor at Rice University,
many reasons lead to the difference in Black Churches. The first one is the need to address the
political, social, economic, as well as cultural ramifications of the United States' anti-black
racism. The other reason is the need to spread the word of God and convert many people to
Christianity.
The original image of the Black Church is gradually fading way. In the past, the church
was a place that could bring hope to the African Americans who were under the pressure of
racism. In the church, the African Americans could human, could have solidarity, could have
community and could be leaders (Drewery 187). However, today the church has changed into a
different place compared to the past. It has been characterized by Pastors and Bishops whose
