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Retrieving, Resourcing, and Renewing the Black Evangelical Witness

The Boothe Center is an academic center housed within Memphis City Seminary. Committed to the authority of Scripture and rooted in historic Christian orthodoxy, we equip students and pastors with a theological framework deeply grounded in the Word of God that accounts honestly for the struggles of African Americans.

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Our Work

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Recover

Retrieving, preserving, and amplifying obscured and overlooked voices from the African American Christian Tradition

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Learn

A four-course certificate highlighting the historical, theological, and spiritual riches of the African American Christian tradition

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Gather

In-person gatherings grounded in Scripture that retrieve and renew the Black evangelical tradition, fostering deep communal fellowship

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Fellows

Scholars and pastors partnering to mentor leaders and lead in the retrieval and development of the Black evangelical witness

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CERTIFICATE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY
CERTIFICATE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY

Study with Depth. Serve with Clarity.

Study with Depth.

Serve with Clarity.

The Certificate in African American Christianity equips students to understand, engage with, and build upon the exegetical, historical, and theological riches of the Black evangelical tradition. Through the four-course program, students will:

  • Engage primary sources within African American Christian history

  • Develop a coherent theological framework rooted in Scripture

  • Be equipped to serve the church with historical awareness and doctrinal clarity

Whether you are pursuing formal theological education or seeking to strengthen your pastoral ministry, the Certificate offers serious study shaped by the richness of the African American church.

Establishing a Digital Archive and Peer-Informed Digital Journal

For generations, African American Christianity has been a pillar of sound doctrine and unwavering hope. Grounded in Scripture, Black Christians have long embodied the biblical story that bears witness to individual salvation and communal deliverance. For too long, the Black evangelical witness has been absent from our history books and libraries, but the Boothe Center exists because we believe that the church’s witness is incomplete without the testimonies of all God’s children. That’s why we’re establishing a Digital Archive of primary texts and rare materials from African American theological leaders and a Peer-Informed Digital Journal for ongoing theological reflection.

A Witness Reclaimed

Establishing a Digital Archive and Peer-Informed Digital Journal

For generations, African American Christianity has been a pillar of sound doctrine and unwavering hope. Grounded in Scripture, Black Christians have long embodied the biblical story that bears witness to individual salvation and communal deliverance. For too long, the Black evangelical witness has been absent from our history books and libraries, but the Boothe Center exists because we believe that the church’s witness is incomplete without the testimonies of all God’s children. That’s why we’re establishing a Digital Archive of primary texts and rare materials from African American theological leaders and a Peer-Informed Digital Journal for ongoing theological reflection.

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Digital Archive

Primary texts and rare materials from African American theological leaders

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Doctrine & Deliverance

Our peer-informed journal for ongoing theological reflection to serve scholars & pastors

What began as Dr. Walter Strickland’s burden to recover the evangelical witness of African American Christianity has grown into an institutional commitment to retrieve the obscured biblical testimony of Black evangelicals and resource God’s people to hear their rich theological contributions in their own words.

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BOOTHE CENTER SENIOR FELLOW

What began as Dr. Walter Strickland’s burden to recover the evangelical witness of African American Christianity has grown into an institutional commitment to retrieve the obscured biblical testimony of Black evangelicals and resource God’s people to hear their rich theological contributions in their own words.

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Partner with the Boothe Center to retrieve and renew the riches of the Black evangelical tradition. Your support ensures that the voices of the past sharpen the leaders of the future.