The National Black Church Initiative Featured Pastor
Each month, NBCI features a selected pastor that has demonstrated extraordinary achievements, accomplishments, or has improved the quality of life for others.

This month, Dr. Major Lewis Jemison is in the spotlight...
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National Black Church Initiative Digital TV Transition Campaign Find out whether or not you will be impacted by the digital TV (DTV) transition. View the press release of the NBCI/NAB joint educational campaign.pdf [27kb] Requires Adobe Acrobat   DTV Answers (An initiative of the National Association of Broadcasters)

How to Find a Job in a Recession If you are getting ready for a job search during troubled times, here are some tips from the experts. Job Search Roundup Tips for a successful job search

If You're a Homeowner and Live in Detroit, MI, NBCI Would Like to Help You Find a Job Please call us for assistance - 202-744-0184

National Black Church Initiative Press Releases Requires Adobe Acrobat   free download NBCI Condemns the Racially Motivated Killing at the Holocaust Museum .pdf [87kb] We must be vigilant in order to stamp this type of hatred out. NBCI Condemns Murder of Abortion Doctor .pdf [17kb] This type of violence has no place in the abortion debate NBCI Condemns Church Shooting .pdf [21kb] Calls for Churches to Develop Security Plans NBCI Supports Nomination of Judge Sonya Sotomayor to US Supreme Court .pdf [95kb] Nomination fulfills promise of a more equally representative America. NBCI, Mortgage Bankers Assoc. And Fannie Mae Release Foreclosure Prevention Guide .pdf [29kb] Booklet designed to provide critical information on how to keep your home Continue to the NBCI Press Releases Archives

The Health Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables: A Scientific Overview The research behind eating more fruits and vegetables The Black Church and the Importance of Good Nutrition What the black church needs to say to its congregations about good nutrition.

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Help Preserve the History of the Black Church The National Black Church Initiative is working with the Smithsonian Institute to help preserve and protect the First African Baptist Church, the oldest Black Baptist church in America.

NBCI Healing Family Initiative The church understands there will be no church without strong families to support it. This project seeks to heal some of the major concerns that the black family is going through...

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Swine Flu 'Not Stoppable,' World Health Organization Says... We are moving into the early days of the first flu pandemic of the 21st century.
The World Health Organization raised the swine flu alert Thursday to its highest level, saying the H1N1 virus has spread to enough countries to be considered a global pandemic. U.N. agency says that doesn't mean disease is worse, but that it's in more countries Read what the World Health Organization says about Swine Flu Download the NBCI Swine Flu Health Note

The National Black Church Initiative Message of Hope and Assurance During This Economic Crisis
Rev. Anthony Evans	The Christian Church Statement On Hope And Assurance .pdf [18kb] Requires Adobe Acrobat   free download	Rev. Charles E. Booth	The NBCI E-Prayer list is now online! Email us with your prayer requests. Who or what would you like us to pray for?

National Black Church Initiative
Mission Statement

The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI) a coalition of 16,000 African-American and Latino churches working to eradicate racial disparities in healthcare, education, housing, and the environment. In addition to our member churches, we have 18,000 sister churches. NBCI is a faith-based health organization dedicated to providing critical wellness information to all of its members.

The National Black Church Initiative's purpose is to partner with national health officials to provide health education, reduce racial health disparities, and increase access to quality healthcare.

The aim of this website is to offer our members congregants and the public helpful and healthy science-based tips on how to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle. The National Black Church Initiative methodology is faith and good medicine.

• How Science-based and Community-based Organizations May Work with the Black Church to Produce Effective Health Promotion and Policy Initiatives



• NBCI Communications and Distribution Network
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	NBCI Core Initiatives

	Breaking News

NEW! Prominent African-American Clergy Backing Abuse Legislation
The National Organization for Women and prominent African-American clergy threw their support behind a bill that would lift limitations statutes on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of children.

"Abuse against children is violence," said the Rev. Anthony Evans, president of the 34,000-member National Black Church Initiative.

Comprehensive List of Resources to Prevent Foreclosure
Ten easy steps for saving your home from foreclosure and getting assistance.

National Black Church Inititiative Successfully Distributes 3.5 Million Digital TV Converter Box Applications
NBCI educates parishioners on the digital TV transition

	News and Events

NBCI Sends Letter to Attorney General Holder, Secretary Napolitano Citing Rise in Church Violence.pdf [79kb]

Recipients of NBCI Congregation Assistance Program Announced.pdf [52kb]
Three churches that have been helpful in assisting us to carry out NBCI's mission.

NBCI Donates $3,000 to Churches Helping Churches .pdf [200kb]
The donation by NBCI will provide assistance to thirty-six African American congregations in the areas of New Orleans hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina

   •  Read More about Churches Supporting Churches

	Current Projects and Initiatives

The National Black Church Initiative Housing Literacy Program

CALL THE 24 HOUR FREE COUNSELING HOTLINE 888-995-HOPE (4673) Provided by the Homeownership Preservation Foundation

National Black Church Initiative Foreclosure Prevention Guide .pdf [28kb] Requires Adobe Acrobat

•   Information on how to keep your home
•   State-by-state lists of housing counseling agencies     

NBCI cited for its work against forclosures

NBCI Assists a Homeowner in Need
•   Homeowner Thanks NBCI for its Assistance
•   NBCI Staff Replies with Referal to HomeFree-USA

Creative Solutions for the Foreclosure Crisis
•   Fannie Mae Neighborhood Stabilization Forum - February 10, 2009
Solutions for Stabilizing Neighborhoods While Expanding Homeownership
•   NBCI Addresses Foreclosure Crisis at MI Roundtable Summit
Meeting identifies current needs, and addresses gaps in
existing solutions.

Watch the National Black Church Initiative foreclosure prevention pamphlet press conference