CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A “WHITE MAN’S RELIGION”
I have heard this nonsense for so long. I am not here to speak for Black Christians—or for anyone except myself. But I am a simple man making observations. And I challenge the idea that the faith of my brothers and sisters who are Black is anything less than real, claimed, and alive. That claim that Christianity is a “white man’s religion” is deeply patronizing. It implies Black believers can’t think for themselves, that their faith is a leftover imprint of oppression rather than a living, breathing relationship with Jesus Christ. That’s not liberation; it’s condescension dressed up as concern.
Christianity didn’t start in Europe. It started in the Middle East. Its first followers were Jews. Africa has been central from the very beginning—Simon of Cyrene carried Jesus’ cross; the Ethiopian eunuch was among the first Gentile converts; the church thrived in North Africa long before it reached Britain. Erasing that history is not wisdom—it’s ignorance.
Faith is not inherited by force. If it were, it would have died the moment legal coercion ended. Instead, it endured—especially in Black communities—because people found in Jesus Christ something real: hope in despair, justice beyond human courts, dignity in suffering, and a God who stands with the oppressed. To reduce that faith to “the white man made them” strips away moral and spiritual autonomy. That is not respect. That is condescension.
Black Christianity has always been active. It preached freedom, challenged injustice, nurtured resilience, and produced thinkers, leaders, and reformers who read the Bible for themselves and saw a God who hears the cries of the oppressed. That is not borrowed faith. That is claimed faith.
Disagree with Christianity? Fine. But dismiss Black believers as too confused to know the truth? That’s arrogance, plain and simple. Christianity does not belong to a race. It belongs to Christ. And millions of Black Christians follow Him not because someone told them to—but because they know Him.
The next time you hear someone say, “The white man gave Black people Christianity,” remember this: it is not enlightenment. It is misunderstanding. It implies Black believers lack intelligence, discernment, and agency. It talks down to people while pretending to speak for them. Stop doing that. Stop underestimating your brothers and sisters in humanity. Stop dismissing their faith. Stop the condescension.
Stop the racism.
BDD
