The Religious Heritage of the African World, a research action-advocacy project, seeks to enhance the integration of efforts within the interdenominational complex to accomplish mutually defined goals and objectives in the context of academic, church, and community life. The methodology utilized by the project is intended to promote the positive value of working in international, interdisciplinary, intercultural, and inter-communitarian ways.

This project program focuses the Pan-African and "Two-Thirds World" religious heritages as the point of reference from which contributions are made to the pluralistic society in the multicultural world.  The tasks of this project are: to gather data and publications concerning the African and African-American religious and cultural heritages; to research and actively engage issues and challenges facing the Black Church and oppressed peoples; and to plan, promote, and implement intercultural dialogues, conferences, and research travel experiences.