# Yvonne Delk **Stub — expand when primary sources or full book text are available.** Yvonne Delk is a UCC minister, educator, and civil rights activist. She is the author of *Afro-Christian Convention* (Kindle, ASIN B0C3DNBWV4), a text on the history and theological identity of the [[Afro-Christian Convention (body)]] and its role within the [[United Church of Christ]]. Delk writes from within Black liberation theology, naming white ecclesiology as a structural vehicle for racism while recovering Afro-Christian worship as a gift to the denomination. --- ## Known From Source - Author of *Afro-Christian Convention* — the only source currently ingested for this entity. - Her theological framework is that of Black liberation theology: white theology is not racially neutral; it "granted spiritual anointing to white power and privilege." (Source: [[readwise-afro-christian-convention-yvonne-delk|Afro-Christian Convention — Yvonne Delk (Readwise Highlights)]]) - She invokes historian Percel O. Alston to frame Afro-Christian expressive worship as culturally rooted gift, not deviation from a white norm. (Source: [[readwise-afro-christian-convention-yvonne-delk|Afro-Christian Convention — Yvonne Delk (Readwise Highlights)]]) --- ## Stub Items for Expansion - Full biography and UCC role (Community Renewal Society? UCC national leadership?) - Relationship to other Black UCC theologians and civil rights figures - Additional published works - Connection to the 1957 UCC merger and its racial politics - Relationship to James Cone, Kelly Brown Douglas, or other Black liberation theologians she may engage or represent --- ## Connections - [[United Church of Christ]] — writes from within and about the UCC tradition - [[Afro-Christian Convention (body)]] — subject of her book - [[Progressive Christianity]] — her racial critique of white ecclesiology places her in the liberationist wing > [!question] > Is Yvonne Delk the same Yvonne Delk who served as Executive Director of the Community Renewal Society in Chicago, a UCC-affiliated urban ministry organization? If so, this entity needs significant expansion. Verify before adding biographical details.