This course is designed to examine African American Church Growth. Students will explore the prophetic consciousness that appeals to many blacks of the post-civil rights era, and how emphasis on the prophetic will help bring the black church out of the disillusionment of a "post-civil rights malaise." This course will address both spiritual and social tyrannies within and outside of the church that inhibit church growth in our inner cities and rural communities and discuss how tyranny can be overcome in thriving black churches.