About the Author

"In his riveting book, Black Self-Genocide, Bishop Wellington Boone provides great insight into the belief systems and behaviors that have kept black people in America in a dependent position. More importantly, he provides sage advice for how to empower the black community in America and consequently to help strengthen the entire nation." By Ben Carson, M.D. Retired Pediatric Neurosurgeon. Former 2016 Republican Candidate for President. Emeritus Professor of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine Bishop Wellington Boone is one of the most influential Black Americans of the century because of his leadership in racial reconciliation. That is the appraisal of researcher George Barna and Christian statesman Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr., His resource books include Breaking Through, published by the Southern Baptists to emphasize their repentance after 150 years of racism. The debut of his Black American Christian Embassy (BACE) will have a global impact in the 21st century. Bishop Boone is the founder and chief prelate of the Fellowship of International Churches, a cross-cultural, global network of bishops, pastors, and Bible-based churches and Bible schools. The Wellington Boone Collection-four decades of archives from his published and unpublished books, articles, manuscripts, recordings, research, and other materials demonstrating the impact of Bishop Boone on this generation-is included in the Special Collections of the Regent University Library. Dr. Ben Carson, former Republican candidate for President and Emeritus Professor of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins medicine, says, "In his riveting book, Black Self-Genocide, Bishop Wellington Boone provides great insight into the belief systems and behaviors that have kept Black people in America in a dependent position. More importantly, he provides sage advice for how to empower the Black community in America and consequently to help strengthen the entire nation." Bishop Boone is a biblical strength coach who trains leaders in godly character and family responsibility. He has been married for more than 43 years to his high school sweetheart, Katheryn.