Monday, July 23, 2012

NAACP develops manual to Preach Prevention in Black Churches

Houston pastor Timothy W. Sloan has felt for years that he needed to talk about HIV and AIDS with his congregation.

But he worried the 3,000 mostly African-American parishioners at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church in Humble, Texas, could be offended and leave the church or curtail their giving.

"On a scale of 1 to 10 it was a 6," he said of his concerns.

Then, a year and a half ago, he joined a group of pastors organized by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored

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