Let the Men Fight!

A Frank Discussion of African-American Men and Christianity

by Gregory G. Ogle


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 6/28/2006

Format : E-Book
Dimensions : N/A
Page Count : 228
ISBN : 9781463491703
Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 228
ISBN : 9781425917241

About the Book

Involvement by men, especially African American men, in the Christian church has always been notoriously sparse.  Pastors, seminary scholars, and Christian leaders, male and female, have pondered the problem, but it remains a question. The women ask, “What is wrong with the brothers?” My response is, “Why does it have to be something wrong with the brothers?”  Could it be that as African American males want to hear something other than what is being preached? Have we considered preaching the Gospel of Christ from a masculine perspective? Is it possible that because the majority of churches are 70% female, that the Good News is inadvertently preached by male and female preachers from an implicit female perspective? Perhaps preachers are subconsciously more concerned with maintaining the satisfaction of the bulk of the tithing parishioners, who are women?

Let the Men Fight challenges the notion that the fault resides with African American men, and strives to provide a “male sensitive” Word.  However, there is a caveat.  The warning is, upon learning and accepting the truth, God expects us to go tell and teach others.  Matthew 28:19-20 says, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 20. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.”

 

 


About the Author

Gregory G. Ogle is a renegade, a modern day Peter whose controversial thinking and willingness to trouble the waters have taken him into the depths of Biblical history in search of answers to the apathy and ambivalence African American men have toward Christian discipleship. Uncertain of the African role in the Bible and the false stigma of male effeminacy attached to Christian men, Reverend Ogle brings light to both issues. He has dedicated his research to exposing illegitimate misrepresentation of both secular and theological academia. He has studied Greek and Hebrew in search of the authentic interpretation of our Holy Book, and has determined the source of his discomfort and that of many African American males who feel Christianity has not included them.

Let the Men Fight discloses the deliberate effort of religious scholars to conceal the contributions of Blacks in the Bible while clouding the issue of Christian masculinity. This book also reveals centuries of spiritual and moral violation that have systematically prohibited the Black man from mainstream religious matriculation. Rev. Ogle will show how this calculated and subversive series of behaviors and institutionalized attitudes has crippled, and continues to cripple, African Americans physically, socially, economically and psychologically. The resulting effect has been the African American male’s inability to wholly and comfortably accept Christianity.

The paradox is that the African American male, because of his suffering, has been chosen to lead his people and all of America out of sin and racism. The African American male, despite his many wounds, has been chosen by God as the healing agent for this country and the world. Rev. Ogle is adamant about his belief that Black people are the only people, because of God’s anointing, that can continue to be oppressed but still love and pray for their oppressor.

Understanding God’s purpose for his life has brought Dr. Ogle to a comfortable position in the body of Christ. His comfort allows him the freedom to emancipate his bothers by explaining their spiritual turmoil and ultimately help bring them into the Christian church and the Body of Christ.

Reverend Ogle has prepared himself thoroughly for his calling. He has a B.S. degree from Morgan State University, a Masters of Administration from the University of Baltimore, a Masters in Divinity from Family Bible Seminary, a Doctorate of Ministry from Family Bible Seminary and a Pd.D. from the University of Maryland. Dr. Ogle continues to hone his spiritual skills, as associate minister at the Berean Baptist Church in Baltimore Maryland, and his academic acumen at the Philadelphia Seminary and the United Baptist College and Seminary, where he is Dean of Graduate Studies.

Using the weapons of Love, Liberation and Restoration, Gregory Ogle is one of God’s warriors who will do what the Holy Spirit requires to restore men and women to God. His spiritually obsessive goal is to help reestablish the spiritual integrity of the Black family, and lead men on the spiritual crusade of restoring this nation and the world to God. Please read his book and help him. “Let the Men Fight”

 

                                                Mrs. Debra A. Ogle