Lewis Brogdon is Assistant Professor of Religion at Claflin University and a minister of twenty-three years. He has served churches in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio and has written numerous books such as No Longer a Slave But a Brother: An African American Reading of Paul's Letter to Philemon, Hope on the Brink: Understanding the Emergence of Nihilism in Black America, The New Pentecostal Message? An Introduction to the Prosperity Movement, and Dying to Lead: The Disturbing Trend of Clergy Suicide. Dr. Brogdon, a sought out preacher, public speaker, and panelist, lives in Summerville South Carolina.