Almighty Debt

[JDPriestly]

I received this e-mail a couple of days ago, but did not have the opportunity to read it until today.

I watched the trailer and it was great. Frankly, no doubt debt is a bigger problem in the African-American community than in other communities, but everything I saw in the trailer applies to all people: debt means slavery.

Every leading indicator - unemployment, income, wealth, educational attainment, home ownership and foreclosures - demonstrates that the African-American financial foundation is crumbling at rates that are comparatively worse than other segments of the U.S. population. CNN's "Almighty Debt: A Black in America Special" is told through experiences of members of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, New Jersey, and explores how an institution central to African-American communities for generations is helping its 7,000 parishioners survive the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

The documentary introduces you to Dr. DeForest "Buster" Soaries, who believes "debt is the new slavery" and follows him as he attempts to invoke faith to fight debt from his pulpit. The church's community development corporation struggles to help desperate people save their homes from foreclosure and the unemployed find work. The youth ministry assists students with financial aid applications. But can this church help ensure better futures in a time of new financial challenges?

* Watch the 'Almighty Debt' trailer video icon
* Heavenly minded, financially empowered
* 'D-Free': Fighting debt from the pulpit video icon
* To own "Almighty Debt" go to Amazon.com or download it on iTunes.
* Black in America Special Report

I tried to find a link to a video in the archives of CNN, but, due to my technical limitations, could not.

Here is the link I have, but it is not very good.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/in.america/black.in.america/

Here is the link to the trailer:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/09/23/inam.trailer.almighty.debt.cnn

Sorry if this has already been posted. I had some health problems and did not keep up with things for a while.