In chapter one, “The Storm Is Passing Over: The Black Church in Perspective”, Billingsley suggest the nucleus of the black community’s ability to survive and overcome injustice from civil rights until this current day, is the foundation and power found in the black church thru its leadership and its traditions. The studies completed by W.E.B. Du Bois, Franklin Frazier and C. Eric Lincoln confirm this as they unfold how the components of black worship experience effect the social identity of African Americans, empowering them ethically, morally and socially to conquer any hurdle placed before them thus cultivating transformation and change. This identity is rooted and grounded in the African heritage by which the religious expressions, traditions