There are a lot of Theo-Ethical issues that we face in our community, however, from my viewpoint, the Rural Black Church remains silent. We lack in many instances both the facilities and the finances to bring about change in our communities because of structural racism that is embedded in our communities. Our farmers can't get loans. The same holds true for those who wish to start businesses. The Rural Black Church must embrace advocacy and tear down the theologies, some that are in our Churches, to bring a little bit of heaven right here on earth. The silence is deafening. Many avoid the Church because of that silence. We must open our eyes and realize the one that we say that we follow was a radical. That is why Jesus was a victim of capital punishment. It is past time to give up slave older theology whose sole purpose was to make us good slaves. We must move to the abundant life that Jesus wants us to have.

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