Black Christians : Christian Literature

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Sharon Ewell Foster:
http://www.sharonewellfoster.com/


Black Christian Fiction:
http://www.blackchristianfiction.com/

 

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Pat G’Orge-Walker (pronounced Gee-or-jay) is in a league of her own. This accomplished Christian author and comedienne has an amazing mind and talent for turning her observations of church and black church life, in particular, into gems of sidesplitting humor. It is her own special gift from God that enables G’Orge-Walker to depict the often ridiculous antics of church folk. She does it without subverting the Good News or watering down the potency of its message.

Pat G’Orge-Walker has led a colorful life professionally, to say the least. She is a former music industry veteran who has worked for several major labels including Epic, Def Jam and Columbia. She cut her chops as a singer by performing with the legendary 60s girl group, Arlene Smith and the Chantels (“Maybe”) as well as with the gospel groups The Spiritualettes and The Heavenly Two. And she has written as well as acted in stage presentations.

In the 1970s G’Orge-Walker began penning short stories featuring a main character that has an intimate and impacting encounter with God Almighty on the telephone, the now infamous Sister Betty. But it wasn’t until 1997 that she actually self-published the first in a series of books and that book – Sister Betty God is Calling! – is now being sold on Amazon.com as a collector’s item.

“The fact that there has never been anything like my gospel comedy stories never crossed my mind until I was presented with the BWA 2000 Golden Pen Award for creating a new genre in fiction—gospel comedy.”

God called Sister Betty once more in 2003 and G’Orge-Walker released Sister Betty God’s Calling You, Again! (Kensington Books) thus marking another first for both the author and the publishing house that launched an inspirational department, a result of signing G’Orge-Walker. And G’Orge-Walker was thrust onto the scene in a rocket as a much sought after and highly acclaimed speaker and stand up comedian with her one-woman shows.

Kensington followed its endorsement of G’Orge-Walker with the commission of another novel featuring Sister Betty, “Mother Eternal Ann Everlastin’ is Dead,” which was released in 2004. If the author pushed the envelope with Sister Betty God’s Calling Again! then she mailed the letter with Mother Eternal Ann Everlastin’ is Dead.

“Some people thought I went too far in exposing some of the spiritual flaws of the church by giving the characters names such as a Sister Ima Hellraiser or Bishop Was Nevercalled. Unfortunately, these characters exist and any resemblance to these characters, whether dead or alive, is a doggone shame.”

The characters still exist and G’Orge-Walker continues to pull from a seemingly inexhaustible pool of material to create more novels and build her comedy routine. In between the laughs, Pat G’Orge-Walker the wife, mother and church deaconess is deadly serious about serving God. Some consider comedy to be entertainment first but not G’Orge-Walker who views it as ministry first.

“Promoting books and performing comedy are very arduous tasks particularly when you are trying to expose the church to a new method of bringing people to Christ. No matter how funny my routines or stories may be there will always be a message of God’s love and redemption.”


http://aalbc.com/authors/pat.htm

 

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TESTIFY!..by Chris Armstrong

"...Born a slave, Amanda Berry Smith was educated mainly at home and was employed for the early years of her life as a domestic worker. She endured two unhappy marriages but found "the joy of the Lord" in 1868 in a classic Wesleyan sanctification experience. Not content to sit still with her experience, she launched out the following year (her second husband and children had died by this time) as a traveling preacher to black churches in New York and New Jersey.

Though she found some success in AME and other African American churches, Smith soon came into her own as the darling of the white holiness camp-meeting circuit. White holiness believers heard God's authority and love clearly in her preaching and singing.

From 1870 on, Smith's ministry went out in ever-widening circles, from America to England (1878), India (1879-1881) and West Africa (1881-1889). After a final trip to England, she returned in 1890 to America. In 1892 she moved to the Chicago area, where she opened an "industrial home" for African-American orphans (Harvey, Illinois) continuing to preach and sing in support of this ministry. In 1912 Amanda Berry Smith retired to Florida, where she died February 24, 1915...."

 

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All Things Hidden
by Judy Candis


Amen Sisters [PB]
by Angela Benson


Bishop's Daughter
by Tiffany L. Warren


Blessed Trinity
by Vanessa Davis Griggs

Boaz Brown
by Michelle Stimpson

Church Folk
by Michele Andrea Bowen

Death, Deceit & Some Smooth Jazz
by Claudia Mair Burney

Divorcing the Devil
by Dwan Abrams

Everybody Say Amen
by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Ex-Files
by Victoria Christopher Murray


Farther than I Meant to Go, Longer than I Meant to Stay
by Tiffany L. Warren

From the Extreme
by Renea Collins

 

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1. He's Fine... But is He Saved? by Kimberley Brooks


2. Saving Grace by Ryan Phillips


3. Speak to My Heart: A Novel by Stacy Hawkins Adams


4. A Man Inspired by Derek Jackson


5. A Love So Strong by Kendra Norman-Bellamy


6. Crossing Jhordan's River (Lift Every Voice) by Kendra Norman-Bellamy


7. A Heart of Devotion by Tia McCollors


8. Wings of Grace by Vanessa Davis Griggs


9. Promises Beyond Jordan by Vanessa Davis Griggs


10. A Change Is Gonna Come by Jacquelin Thomas

http://www.amazon.com/Inspired-Christian-Fiction-Black-Authors/lm/CSEYJ39IJZHH