The post-black and post-white church : becoming the beloved community in a multi-ethnic world /
Smith, Efrem 1969-
The post-black and post-white church : becoming the beloved community in a multi-ethnic world / Efrem Smith. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2012. - xx, 220 p. ; 24 cm. - Leadership network . - Leadership network series. .
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Enter the Sanctuary1 Reconciling, Multiethnic, and Missional2 Moving the Church Beyond Crisis, Captivity, and Comfort3 Compassion, Mercy, and Justice4 Race5 The Gift of the Black Church6 Creating a Post-White Church7 Leadership8 The Beloved Life and Leadership Project9 Starting, Shifting, and SustainingNotesIndex.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reconciling, multi-ethnic, and missional -- Moving the church beyond crisis, captivity, and comfort -- Compassion, mercy, and justice -- Race -- The gift of the black church -- Creating a post-white church -- Leadership -- The beloved life and leadership project -- Starting, shifting, and sustaining.
"A blueprint for missional, multi-ethnic Christian communityEfrem 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"--
9781118036587 (hardback) 1118036581 (hardback)
2012012452
Church and minorities.
Social integration--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Reconciliation--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Multiculturalism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Reconciliation - Religious aspects - Christianity.
Church And Minorities.
Multiculturalism - Religious aspects - Christianity.
Social Integration - Religious Aspects - Christianity.
BV 639 .M56 / S65 2012
The post-black and post-white church : becoming the beloved community in a multi-ethnic world / Efrem Smith. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2012. - xx, 220 p. ; 24 cm. - Leadership network . - Leadership network series. .
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Enter the Sanctuary1 Reconciling, Multiethnic, and Missional2 Moving the Church Beyond Crisis, Captivity, and Comfort3 Compassion, Mercy, and Justice4 Race5 The Gift of the Black Church6 Creating a Post-White Church7 Leadership8 The Beloved Life and Leadership Project9 Starting, Shifting, and SustainingNotesIndex.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reconciling, multi-ethnic, and missional -- Moving the church beyond crisis, captivity, and comfort -- Compassion, mercy, and justice -- Race -- The gift of the black church -- Creating a post-white church -- Leadership -- The beloved life and leadership project -- Starting, shifting, and sustaining.
"A blueprint for missional, multi-ethnic Christian communityEfrem 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"--
9781118036587 (hardback) 1118036581 (hardback)
2012012452
Church and minorities.
Social integration--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Reconciliation--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Multiculturalism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Reconciliation - Religious aspects - Christianity.
Church And Minorities.
Multiculturalism - Religious aspects - Christianity.
Social Integration - Religious Aspects - Christianity.
BV 639 .M56 / S65 2012