Black Church: Sex, Drugs, & the HOLY GHOST, is a tragic coming of age story set in New York City, and its Suburb of Nassau County long Island.. It goes into depth what Black people who are Light Skinned have to deal with with their counterparts in New York City. The MOST racist place in America. While telling the story which is centered arounfd church life, the author Michael Gourdine also himself place a role in the book. where he describes murders that are all real and unsolved in an intimate way to make it clear that only people involved in the murder would know these details. Michael Gourdine also leaves clues about the real killers will one day be bought to justice, because in spite if he himself being a Police Officer, he himself can not break the rules and codes of the streets and neighborhoods he holds so dearly................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................