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Churches in the African American Community turn to Hip-Hop

Kymo Dockett, editor of `What`s The Word` magazine, has decided to get hip-hop involved in the African American church. He is sponsoring a nationwide campaign, appealing to the hip-hop generation. Now, during Black History Month, it is imperative that African Americans take a moment to not only examine the Black community but the condition of the Black church.

Kymo Dockett the editor of `What`s The Word` magazine is promoting solutions to why the hip-hop generation does not serve God in a new book entitled `The Lost Generation`. This book examines how the Black church went from one of the most influential institutions within the Black community to an organization that seems to be losing its relevance.

Many credit Black`s faith in God as the source of support that helped them endure slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination, ten years of the Depression, no representation in government, the Ku Klux Klan, no police protection, and many other problems. This current generation has a different set of values that are often communicated to them via the hip-hop community rather than the church. Because many young African Americans now subscribe to a culture that has pushed God out, many experts are predicting record low numbers in church attendance among the next generation. Hopefully, with Kymo Dockett`s help, this trend will begin to turn around for the better.