{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Cranach","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith","author_name":"Gene Veith","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/author\/geneveith\/","title":"The Black Church Reconsidered","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"j9aEEJlH2L\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2023\/02\/the-black-church-reconsidered\/\">The Black Church Reconsidered<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2023\/02\/the-black-church-reconsidered\/embed\/#?secret=j9aEEJlH2L\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Black Church Reconsidered&#8221; &#8212; Cranach\" data-secret=\"j9aEEJlH2L\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/305\/2023\/02\/pexels-luis-quintero-2774570.jpg","thumbnail_width":640,"thumbnail_height":427,"description":"It is often assumed that slaveholders imposed Christianity on their African slaves and that separate black churches were the creation of white Christians who didn't want black people in their congregations. It turns out, those assumptions are wrong. While the slaveholders were pushing a religion of pure law, slaves were evangelizing each other with the liberating Gospel of Christ.\u00a0And they started their own churches as spiritual and cultural havens."}