The African American Pulpit (TAAP) Mission

TAAP Mission Statement: The African American Pulpit is a quarterly journal that serves as a repository for the very best of African American preaching and provides practical and creative resources for persons in ministry

TAAP provides practical and creative resources for persons in ministry by featuring sermons, articles, interviews, sermon helps, history, practical how-to advice, and book reviews, all to help the preacher and pastor be more effective in the communication and the preaching of the gospel. TAAP is informative, inspirational, and thought provoking. TAAP will serve as a training ground for editors and a vehicle through which doctoral students can be published. TAAP is the only non-denominational journal on the market that is dedicated to African American preaching. TAAP is specifically targeted towards African American clergy, but is beneficial to anyone with an interest in African American preaching. This inspirational and informative journal covers many topics relevant to today's African American pastors and preachers. Ecumenical in outlook and theologically diverse in style, each issue features sermons, sermon helps, book reviews, history, practical how-to advice, essays, interviews, and articles by gifted African American preachers and leaders. TAAP has a commitment to profile stellar preachers who represent preaching genius, who can both encourage and serve as role models to other pastors and preachers. TAAP also profiles new and emerging voices that will shape the future of the church. Whether a preacher is a new or seasoned minister, TAAP is essential to any preacher's library. TAAP is a critically important resource because unfortunately much of the genius of African American preaching has been lost! So many of the best African American sermons have gone to the grave along with the preachers who delivered them. In recent years, much material has been reclaimed from home attics, church basements, and private holdings. There is a great need to bring the best of African American preaching into a format that allows for systematic codification, preservation, and presentation. TAAP meets this critical need.