“There is overwhelming evidence to illustrate how the black church is failing HBCU’s, “declared John T. Stroud, CEO of Vision Quest Publications in Charlotte, NC at a current enterprise luncheon.

“Listen, you are coming proper down my street now since one of many issues I talk about in my book “Why Most Churches Fail Most Black Men” is how churches dominate people’s time. Folks spend an excessive amount of time in church, there is certainly no chance, especially for guys, to mobilize outside of church to be powerful ministers within the marketplace”, I mentioned. “Many individuals who go to church have never ever served in their own community, additional Jimmy McClure, a nearby businessman.

We’ve an unbelievable resource of human capital in our nearby HBCU’s that’s not getting tapped. Black churches, with regards to a partnership with Johnson C. Smith University an HBCU located in uptown Charlotte, NC, tends to make every one of the sense in the world. But exactly where the impasse comes, inside a prospective partnership with all the church, is the fact that there’s going to have to be some accountability; specifically as it relates to finances.

Now I know a lot of individuals may possibly not like me saying this but I’m just going to come appropriate out and say it. If an individual has an opportunity to access the books of some of these churches, they’re going to amazed in the degree of level of financial impropriety that exists. I would go so far as to say, several preachers are fleecing the flock and undertaking it inside the name from the Lord! Pastor Anthony Jinwright, formerly of Salem Baptist Church, was recently convicted and sentenced to 9 years in prison for lying for the Feds below oath and defrauding the IRS with regard to his individual salary. He and his wife stole millions from his congregation more than a period of seven years.

It’s obvious that a few of these dollars could have benefitted the college students at JCSU or Barber Scotia in Concord, NC. We’ll never know how several lives would happen to be changed by an investment into the minds of our young individuals. In this instance, the church has failed miserably. An isolated incident you may say, nevertheless, a closer scrutiny in to the finances of nearby and national ministries will unveil much more abuse, indifference and neglect. The purpose a lot of black churches cannot support our HBCU’s is the fact that they may be broke. The churches are strapped financially with towering cathedrals on sprawling campuses they can’t afford! Add to that, a top heavy administrative drain on the church finances and an overindulgent Senior Pastor with aspirations to get rich off of tithes and offerings and you have every one of the necessary ingredients for a failed partnership with our HBCU’s. No funds. No Honey!