As does the profession of Social Work, the African American church has a long history of taking active roles in helping communities in times of social change. Given this commonality and because the African American church has repeatedly demonstrated what could reasonably be considered successful macro social work, it is believed that social workers would benefit from being informed about African American church community involvement from a macro social work perspective. The concept is explored through a discussion of African American Church Social Entrepreneurship as a macro social work response to African American community gentrification.
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