When Wait Your Turn Means No Turn at All
A Millennial Perspective of Black Church, Black College, and Black Community
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Ironically enough, the passion for the forward movement of our people, and the skills required to move a people forward, were fostered by and strongly endorsed by the same generations of people who seem to be holding us back. Previous generations were the ones who pushed us to be excellent, which created the commonly used #Blackexcellence. There insistence on excellence impressed upon us the value of education as the greatest equalizer. Most importantly, they educated us on the “black tax” of having to be twice as good to get half as much. Previous generations of Black mothers, grandmothers, and aunties were the ones who instructed their daughters to “have their own” but yet now are insisting that Black women are to “wait their turn "to step into the forefront of the effort for equity, humanization, and empowerment of our people. In many ways, previous generations of Black fathers, grandfathers, and uncles have encouraged young Black men to challenge societal norms, lean into their manhood as protector and provider, but has limited the opportunities for younger Black men to lead in the fear of becoming obsolete.
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About the Book
Historically Black people have placed their collective weight upon and trust in a four-legged stool. This stool has been the chair we have pulled up to each and every table of inclusion and exclusion. The legs of this stool have been held up by the Black Church, Black College, Black Family and Black Citizenship. These proverbial legs will stand in each chapter of this book along with a biblical parallel. If any one of these legs were to collapse, the entire stool crumbles and our people’s stability is lost as well.
About the Author
Reverend John K. Coar III is a preacher, teacher, husband, father, military officer, and Millennial who has a deep appreciation for and commitment to ministry. He is a champion for both contemporary and traditional approaches, and strongly believes in Black institutional leadership. This was shown in his ministerial course “Pastoral Trauma in Pandemic” at the General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia in the Spring of 2022. He helped leaders see and accept the trauma of pandemic through examining the leadership of Moses and Paul. Rev. Coar believes Black people can become stronger by championing the collective, with an intergenerational appreciation coupled with empathic understanding, humility, and strong faith. He exemplifies this belief as the Minister of Christian Education for the Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia. After deployment to Iraq, he still faithfully serves our country as a Captain in the U.S. Army Reserves. He is the husband of Dr. Sherice J. Nelson, and the father of one amazing daughter, Jamiya, and a brilliant son, Carter. As a son of Georgia, he attended thee Fort Valley State University and Morehouse School of Religion earning a Bachelor of Arts in history (2007) and a Master of Divinity in Homiletics (2020). While at the Morehouse School of Religion, he was inducted into Theta Phi an international honors society, graduated Magna Cum Laude during pandemic, and was the Gardner C. Taylor Preaching Award Winner. Rev. Coar is currently a Doctorate of Ministry student at the George W. Truett Seminary, the intellectual home of Dr. Joel Gregory, at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.