The Post-Black & Post-White Ch

ISBN-13: 9781118036587 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 240 str.

Efrem Smith

Opis

A blueprint for missional, multi-ethnic Christian community Efrem Smith, an internationally recognized and innovative African-American leader, offers a workable plan for connecting theology, practical ministry models, and real stories of people in multi-ethnic Christian communities. Using the example of Jesus, Smith develops a theology of multi-ethnic and missional leadership. Embracing urban and ethnic subcultures such as hip-hop, this book provides a rich mix of multi-ethnic church development, reconciliation theology, missional church thinking, and Christian community.

• Provides a common-sense approach to creating a multi-ethnic Christian community
• Includes practical ministry models and real stories of people who are members of thriving multi-ethnic congregations
• Author is acclaimed African-American thought leader who planted and led a multi-ethnic churches of close to 1,000 and now leads a regional division of a denominational committed to ethnic, multi-ethnic, and missional churches

This book is written for anyone wrestling with what it means to be a Christian in an increasingly multi-ethnic world polarized by class, politics, and race.

Spis treści

About the Jossey–Bass Leadership Network Series vii

Foreword by Curtiss Paul DeYoung ix

Introduction: Enter the Sanctuary xiii

1 Reconciling, Multi–Ethnic, and Missional 1

2 Moving the Church Beyond Crisis, Captivity, and Comfort 15

3 Compassion, Mercy, and Justice 41

4 Race 65

5 The Gift of the Black Church 93

6 Creating a Post–White Church 117

7 Leadership 145

8 The Beloved Life and Leadership Project 161

9 Starting, Shifting, and Sustaining 185

Notes 201

About the Author 207

Index 209

O autorze

Efrem Smithis an internationally recognized African–American leader and highly charismatic speaker. He is the former pastor of the Sanctuary Covenant Church and board chair of the Sanctuary Community Development Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is now superintendent of the Pacific Southwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) denomination, located in Concord, California, and the author of Raising Young Heroes and The Hip–Hop Church.

Leadership Network, a division of OneHundredX, seeks to accelerate the impact of 100X leaders. Since 1996, Leadership Network Publications has presented thoroughly researched and practical concepts from leading thinkers, practitioners, and pioneering churches. www.leadnet.org

Blurb

"Any leader who is serious about being the church God has envisioned must read this book. Smith shows us that too often Evangelicals, both White and Black, have used ′the race card′ to keep from coming together as the church God has intended. Smith not only builds a solid biblical mandate for multi–ethnic churches but gives solid and proven strategies on how to go about developing a truly missional church that is post– Black, post–White, post–racial, and pre–Kingdom."

Rodney L. Cooper, Kenneth and Jean Hansen Professor of Discipleship and Leadership, Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary, Charlotte Campus

"This is a must read for anyone interested in the church of tomorrow. Seeds for serious discussion leap from page after page. Every serious Christian committed to doing God′s will in the world today and tomorrow will find this book a soul stirrer, a compass, and a bright light for a better tomorrow."

Dr. Stan Long, founding pastor and pastor emeritus of Southbay Community Church. Fremont, California

"We have far too few resources concerning leading toward reconciliation. This book helps fill a critical gap. Efrem is a leader of leaders who knows what it means to stand in the gap between the races. I′m grateful for Efrem, who through his speaking and writing continues to lead me on a journey of racial understanding."

Dr. Alvin Sanders, executive director, EFCA National Ministries

"In this critical and dynamic moment in American church history, bold and innovative leadership is absolutely essential. As God moves in the early twenty–first century, fresh eyes and fresh voices provide a much needed fresh perspective. Efrem Smith not only offers a compelling case for this type of leadership, he embodies it."

Soong–Chan Rah, Milton B. Engebretson Associate Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism, North Park Theological Seminary; author, The Next Evangelicalism

"Most White evangelicals, like myself, are largely unaware of the tremendous impact of race on the American church. In this book Efrem challenges us to recognize the grip that race has us in, and appeals to us to break free from the ′matrix′ of race by casting a vision of church aligned with the ethnic realities of twenty–first–century America."

Carl Nelson, president, Transform Minnesota