That has been my experience at Trinity . Like other predominantly black churches across the country , Trinity embodies the black community in its entirety - the doctor and the welfare mom , the model student and the former gang - banger . Like other black churches , Trinity ´ s services are full of raucous laughter and sometimes bawdy humor . They are full of dancing , clapping , screaming and shouting that may seem jarring to the untrained ear . The church contains in full the kindness and cruelty , the fierce intelligence and the shocking ignorance , the struggles and successes , the love and yes , the bitterness and bias that make up the black experience in America .