Return to Holiness: Black Church Beginnings and Why We Need a Remix Today

By Gentry Watson

One day, in a tiny church folded into the green countryside of Oklahoma City, the late Pastor Charles Evans proclaimed, as he did every week, "We don't offer you church, we offer you Jesus."

Caught off guard on this first visit, the scales slowly fell from my eyes. Up until then, church had to look, sound, and feel a certain way. But I hadn't been changed by any of that. There was a lot of reflection. And then I began digging.

It turns out, too many before us learned to church from a corrupted model. It's evident today. The problem is that too many churches still follow that model, mistaking churchiness for holiness, and performance for power.

But God is calling us back.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 098278371X
• ISBN13: 9780982783719
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Lisa Yvette Pearson
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"