Challenges That Clergy In Small Black Churches Face In The 21st Century During The Covid Pandemic
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The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution makes provisions that allow churches the freedom to practice religion and provide humanitarian services to their members, the community, and the world at large. However, in providing services to others, the church has to maneuver through various challenges by strategically finding ways, networking with others, or developing programs to help and provide a successful outcome. The Church has the autonomy to practice its faith. A theocratic leadership governs the Church; members have the freedom to explore the relationship with their God within the boundaries of their faith. The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America guarantees the Church's right to practice its religion without restraint by providing its members moral leadership to help them develop peaceful, caring, and loving homes for their families and communities. Also, church leadership has to set checks and balances that would help maintain its institution's integrity for centuries to come.
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Leadership plays a critical role in any institution. Church leadership can guide the institution in the direction that it should go. In Small Black Churches (SBC), this research will identify the strategic leadership styles used in handling challenges. The intent is to identify the effectiveness of these styles in managing challenges in the 21st century church and their effect on personal leadership fulfillment. The study will interview pastors of local churches who had seminary training and those who did not. This author intends to record and transcribe the interviews for research purposes. By identifying the interviewees’ leadership styles, the researcher hopes to lay a foundation for more available literature to fill the research gap as it relates to small churches. The Bible states: “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit” (John 15:2, New King James Version). Some leadership styles are more effective than others because of the Biblical and holistic approach that follows Biblical principles. In Pastoral Care and Counseling, the leadership’s mission is to provide a haven for its people, leaders, and parishioners.
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Dr. Samuel Paul is the senior Pastor of Living Water Kingdom Tabernacle Church in Bergenfield, New Jersey. He has also served as a Faculty Counselor for over twenty-five years at the State University of New York, Education Opportunity Center in New York City. Dr. Paul completed his undergraduate degree at Columbia University in New York. After moving to Tulsa with his wife Sharon, he pursued and achieved a Master of Divinity and a Master of Counseling at Oral Roberts University. His academic journey continued with the completion of a Doctor of Ministry at the same institution, where he is now ABD. Subsequently, he furthered his education at Liberty University, successfully attaining a Doctor of Education in Community Care and Counseling. He served as a Volunteer Counselor at the former Higher Dimensions Counseling Center in Tulsa, OK, and as Pastor of Counseling at Harlem Tabernacle Church in New York City. He serves as the Chaplain of the Veteran of Foreign War Committee in Bergenfield. Dr. Paul and his wife are the parents of triplet girls. Dr. Paul and his church are strong supporters of missions locally and internationally.