We have all heard the African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.” That is true. But, if we have a broken village, we cannot raise whole children. Generally speaking, the African-American village or community of today is broken. When our village is broken that indicates that there are broken people in our village; and when we have broken people, we have broken families, a broken economy, broken churches, and broken schools.  Some of our fathers are refusing to take their God-given responsibilities to lead, guide, and direct their families under God’s direction. Many others are handcuffed by the criminal justice system or dysfunctional relationships with their “baby mama’s”. Some of our mothers have had to take on the role of being the mother and the father to their children, many, through no fault of their own.  Because of this dysfunction, our children are caught in the middle-confused and conflicted-not knowing which way to go in life. The families of our village are dealing with their individual internal issues which are getting in the way of what God wants to do to bring about restoration to our broken village.  The village is also under attack by the forces of racism and oppression. The criminal justice system and our nation’s public schools seemingly have constructed an invisible, but real school yard to prison cell pipeline. Economic apartheid cripples the development of African American communities, often mired in poverty.  This book is an attempt to look at and to address, under the power and authority of God’s Word, the issues that have left us broken as a people and broken as a village.  My prayer is that God will make us more aware of the problems in our broken village, and place upon our hearts a desire, with His help, to strive to put our broken village together for God’s glory!