Christianity has played a major role in African American lives from Africa to the North American Colonies. African Americans have had an important presence in both the Old and New Testaments of the bible. From a black woman named Keturah who was Abraham's second wife, which had six children by him, to the Queen of Sheba that had a son by Solomon and others blacks in the bible. These were the beginnings of the rise of the Black Independent Church.
The independent black church became a refuge in times of trouble for the black race and a place of comfort for the despair. The church is a noble place that strove to meet the spiritual, educational and social needs of its people in times of trouble.