Only their service and uniforms speak for them.Įach Sunday, ushers are usually some of the first servants to arrive at the church house. In many respects, the service that church ushers provide in God’s house and to God’s people is a testament of humbleness and selflessness. In contrast, ushers perform most of their public role in the church in silence or through restrained speech. Yet, each plays a different, but essential, role.Ī major part of the public role of the pulpit and music departments is oral service. Each has an important servant role in the church’s overall ministry. The pulpit, music and usher departments of the black church are often the three most visible ministries of the church. The work of the usher board is considered a ministry of the church.
However, there is one auxiliary that most modern black churches have, regardless of their age, denomination, size or location: an usher board or usher guild. Generally, the form of auxiliaries, boards and departments in individual black churches are determined by the age, denomination, size, location and specific needs of the church body.
These working arms of the church enable the body of Christ to carry out its basic missions of spreading the gospel, attending to the needs of the people, and assuring the church’s administrative, physical and spiritual components remain in accord with governing Biblical principles and accepted religious tenets. The black church in the United States, as an institution, functions with, and is supported by, numerous auxiliaries, boards and departments. Ralph Wheeler, Guest Cultural Resource Commentator
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