By UrbanFaith Staff
September 2, 2010
According to relationship expert Deborrah Cooper, the Black church is hurting single women. Here's what our panel thinks. (An UrbanFaith podcast with Chanel Graham, Chandra White-Cummings, and Nicole Symmonds.)
In a controversial blog post, writer Deborrah Cooper argues that the Black church is a major reason why Black women fail to find good men. Sure, she's angry and misinformed, but is Cooper on to something?
Let's face it. Life doesn't always go according to plan. Perhaps you expected to be married by now. Perhaps you did not anticipate being single again. Perhaps that big decision you made -- the decision you sought godly counsel on and that you thoroughly prayed through before making -- is not working out. Despite your surprise, God knew all along where you would be right now.
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There's a shortage of enduring love stories in the black community. And if the dismal statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Barna Group, and others hold steady, the decline of African American marriages will only continue. Currently, African Americans have the lowest marriage rate of any group in the United States (41 percent), and research has found that among those few that do marry, as many as 36 percent end their relationships in divorce. The numbers are bleak, but Christian marriage experts Drs. Clarence and Ja'Ola Walker believe there are steps Christian couples can take to ensure they build strong healthy marriages.
If you are a Christian woman and you are thinking about reading a thoughtful book about male/female relationships, Steve Harvey's Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment is not the book for you.
