The Black Church, Black Leadership, and The Black Community with Rev. Dr. Darrell Cummings

The Black church has long been the heartbeat of Black community life. But what happens when the institution built to protect and uplift becomes a source of harm — and what responsibility do Black leaders carry when the community is watching?

This week, hosts of Surviving the Black Church sit down with Rev. Dr. Darrell D. Cummings, presiding bishop of The Vine Covenant Ministerial Fellowship, for an honest conversation about Black church culture, Black leadership, and the community it was always meant to serve. Dr. Cummings speaks candidly about prophetic leadership, accountability in faith spaces, and what it means to build something new when old structures fail the people inside them.

This episode is for the survivors, the disillusioned, and everyone still figuring out what faith looks like on the other side of hurt.