Black churches should open their doors every Sunday

Rev. Eugene Hall Contributor One Sunday morning, recently, I woke up exuberant, ready to celebrate the perpetual goodness of the Lord our Savior. My youngest son, Travis and I jumped in the ole sedan as his sister Chelsea and older brother Lil Gene would often do, and eagerly headed to church. We drove for miles only to discover this time that the church doors were closed. Yes, they were completely locked. Oh, we forgot, it was the third Sunday of the month and that church did not have 11 a.m. services on the first and third Sundays. That simply was not only that church’s rule, but that tradition has morphed into a cultural norm. Since times memorial many black churches have maintaine