A Publication of The Haynes Institute
The Heritage American
The Heritage American is a metropolitan publication for Christians seeking to live faithfully in the civic square with wisdom, courage, and practical obedience.

About the Publication
The Heritage American publishes practical civic wisdom for Christians who want to live faithfully in public life without surrendering Christian conviction. Its essays move from principle to practice with actionable insight for neighbors, institutions, work, family, education, stewardship, local service, and church life.
Practical advice. Informational insight. Useful tools for ordered households and faithful public life.
Featured Address
Joseph H. JacksonWhat, Then, Must We Do Now?
Jackson calls for responsibility, moral discipline, Christian doctrine, and the one gospel of Jesus Christ.
Latest Articles
Why Do You Help the Wicked?
A rebuke and exhortation from Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahab, applied to ethnic idolatry, pastoral fidelity, and the legacy of King and Jackson.
EssayProtest or Production: The 1961 Black Baptist Schism
An essay on the 1961 division between the National Baptist Convention and the Progressive National Baptist Convention, contrasting protest politics with Christian formation, civic order, and productive institution-building.
AddressWhat, Then, Must We Do Now?
Joseph H. Jackson calls Black Baptists beyond resentment and pampering toward responsibility, one American standard, moral discipline, and the one gospel of Jesus Christ.
Video Library
Selected conversations, addresses, and lectures for Christian men and households seeking wisdom in public life, culture, education, and local responsibility.
Reviving Fatherhood: What the Black Community Needs Now!
Center For Biblical Unity
MarriageDelano Squires on the Decline of Marriage and Family
Invisible Men
Black ChurchBlack Baptist Leaders Warned About Marxism Decades Ago
Center For Biblical Unity
Civic DiscernmentHow Marxism Hijacked Civil Rights Efforts and Black Culture
Kevin Briggins
CultureThe Failed Experiment of Multiculturalism
Lennox Kalifungwa
CultureComparing Cultures
Voddie Baucham
Institution BuildingLessons from Booker T. Washington on Building Enduring Institutions
Delano Squires
EducationThe True Cost of Co-Discipling Our Children with the State
Lennox Kalifungwa