In a video interview with Yale Divinity School, Otis Moss III ’95 M.Div. explores the role of the Black Church in American culture and history and the importance of Black Church Studies at YDS. He also discusses the Black Church project as an evolving movement characterized by emerging theologies and a dynamic culture.
Watch the interview on Youtube.
The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III is Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. He is a preacher, poet, activist, author, and filmmaker with an eye toward justice and equality. He is founder of the Unashamed Media Group, a justice-centered, faith-based agency committed to producing and curating stories to inspire the heart and challenge the mind. His most recent book is Dancing in the Darkness: Spiritual Lessons for Thriving in Turbulent Times (2024), and he is also the author of Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World: Finding Hope in an Age of Despair (2015). In October 2020, Dr. Moss created Otis’ Dream, a short film about his grandfather’s unsuccessful attempt to vote in 1946.
In 2011, Moss received the Divinity School’s alumni award for Distinction in Congregational Ministry.