The Post-Black and Post-White Church
Becoming the Beloved Community in a Multi-Ethnic World
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Christian Life
| Author: | Efrem Smith | ISBN: | 9781118236062 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | June 21, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Jossey-Bass | Language: | English |
| Author: | Efrem Smith |
| ISBN: | 9781118236062 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | June 21, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Jossey-Bass |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
