Increasing numbers of young African Americans are turning to other religions or choosing no religion at all in a rejection of the faith. “Christianity,” they say, “is a white man’s religion.” But is that true?

Belief in Christ goes back over two millennia and believers live in all parts of the world. Vince Bantu, professor of missiology, corrects the myth that Christianity originated in Western Europe. He traces the faith back to some of its roots in Africa to demonstrate that Christianity belongs to no single race, ethnicity or people group because Christ is building a global church from a global people.