. >> reporter: e church believes that homosexuaty, as well as otr kinds of behavior they consider immal, is the work the devil. >> it's a paradox th these are such highlyducated people, but their substratum of african traditiol religion has a very vigors spiritual life of irits, evispirits, ancestors. things that are pceived as evil or negativhave to be vigorously fought in thchurch, and that's consistent with african traditional rigion. >> reporter: profsor robert says thathe most negative action to african churches comes from african amerins. >>so you see you get africans coming iwith no racial chip on heir shoulder living alongsi and competing with afrin americs who've got the weight of their counal history that in so respects is dragging them down, a there's tension right on the ground. >> reporter: numbers matte and there'no doubt that the number of reemed christian churches of god has grown, and cleay e leaders have the desire, e energy, and the ney to keep growing. but soar they are mainly reachi fellow africans, so tir challenge is to reach bend their base. for "religion & ethic