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Author : James H. Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Black Ministers and Laity in the Urban Church written by James H. Harris and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James H. Harris
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742502147
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Courage to Lead written by James H. Harris and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on pastoral and lay leadership in the African-American church, this books deals with internal and external issues - such as the tendency towards bifurcated mentality and practices, and the social issue of race and affirmative action.
Author : James Henry Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (198 download)
Download or read book Laity Expectations of Ministers in the Black Urban Church written by James Henry Harris and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harvie M. Conn
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830878871
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (788 download)
Download or read book Urban Ministry written by Harvie M. Conn and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2010-02-26 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No. 3 in the 2002 Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten Books of the Year! Cities--the anvil of civilization, the center of power, the metaphor for society itself--have been with us for thousands of years. Here converge piety and trade, security and politics. Yet just two hundred years ago only 3 percent of the world's population lived in cities. Today half does. Despite this tremendous explosion of urban growth, the work of the church has generally lagged behind. The city presents serious challenges that cry out for answers: poverty, racism, human exploitation and government corruption. How can the church move ahead in the midst of these demands with the gospel of hope? Here, in one comprehensive volume, Harvie Conn and Manuel Ortiz, two noted scholars and proven practitioners of urban ministry, address the vital work of the church in the city. Their dual goal: to understand the city and God's work in it. Through four great waves of development, Conn and Ortiz trace the history of the city around the world. Then they tackle the critical issue of a biblical basis for urban mission. How does the Bible view the city? Are we closer to God in the country than the city? Does the Bible have an anti-urban bias? These questions are given a thorough analysis that unveils God's urban mandate as reflected in both Old and New Testaments. From this foundation the authors unpack the multifaceted nature of the city as place, as process, as center, as power, and as a place of change and stability. They move us beyond fragmented stereotypes to a new way of seeing that is holistic enough for a fully biblical ministry to develop. In addition, Conn and Ortiz lay out what the social sciences have to offer urban mission, including ethnographic and demographic studies. While showing how such studies have identified unreached cities and unreached groups within cities, they do not become captive to research but demonstrate how to keep kingdom priorities in view. Finally, Urban Ministry focuses on the essential element of leadership. While there are many books on the topic, little has been said about the particular issues and needs of urban leadership. Therefore, the authors give significant attention to developing and mentoring leaders while equipping the laity for ministry in the city. This is the essential text for bringing God's kingdom to the city through the people of God.
Author : James H. Harris
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451410433
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Pastoral Theology written by James H. Harris and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A taut analysis of black liberation theology, connecting scholarship to practical congregational ministry. The chapters of this book focus on liberation and evangelism, the urban community, and black theology as well as church administration, worship, education, and self-esteem.
Author : J. Tribble
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403980918
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Transformative Pastoral Leadership in the Black Church written by J. Tribble and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-07-04 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transformative Pastoral Leadership in the Black Church offers practical wisdom from comparative analysis of the experiences of a male pastor and a female pastor in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Church leaders must be transformed themselves as they are transforming their churches to serve their communities. From his research of the perspectives of laity, clergy, and scholars of the black church, Jeffery L. Tribble offers hopeful stories and helpful strategies for those who believe that the black church must continue its historic mission of being an instrument of survival, elevation, and liberation for its people. Transformative Pastoral Leadership in the Black Church is an important contribution to studies of black religion, womanist thought, and social justice.
Author : C. Eric Lincoln
Publisher : Duke University Press Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Black Church in the African American Experience written by C. Eric Lincoln and published by Duke University Press Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nongovernmental survey of urban and rural churches of black communities based on a ten year study.
Author : Raphael G. Warnock
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814794467
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book The Divided Mind of the Black Church written by Raphael G. Warnock and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades the black church and black theology have held each other at arm's length. Black theology has emphasized the role of Christian faith in addressing racism and other forms of oppression, arguing that Jesus urged his disciples to seek the freedom of all peoples. Meanwhile, the black church, even when focused on social concerns, has often emphasized personal piety rather than social protest. With the rising influence of conservative evangelicalism, biblical fundamentalism, and the prosperity gospel, the divide has become even more pronounced. In The Divided Mind of the Black Church, Raphael G. Warnock, senior pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of the Reverend Dr, Martin Luther King, Jr., traces the historical significance of the rise and development of black theology as an important conversation partner for the black church. (dust jacket).
Author : Omar M. McRoberts
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226562174
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)
Download or read book Streets of Glory written by Omar M. McRoberts and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long considered the lifeblood of black urban neighborhoods, churches are thought to be dedicated to serving their surrounding communities. But Omar McRoberts's work in Four Corners, a tough Boston neighborhood containing twenty-nine congregations, reveals a very different picture.
Author : Cleophus James LaRue
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664258474
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (584 download)
Download or read book The Heart of Black Preaching written by Cleophus James LaRue and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LaRue provides important insights on why black preaching is strong and active, and connects with the real-life experiences of listeners. (Christian)
Author : Thabiti Anyabwile
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1433688840
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (336 download)
Download or read book Reviving the Black Church written by Thabiti Anyabwile and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the Black Church dying? The picture is mixed and there are many challenges. The church needs spiritual revival. But reviving and strengthening the Black Church will require great wisdom and courage. Reviving the Black Church calls us back to another time, borrowing the wisdom of earlier faithful Christians. But more importantly, it calls us back to the Bible itself. For there we find the divine wisdom needed to see all quarters of the Black Church live again, thriving in the Spirit of God. It’s pastor and church planter Thabiti Anyabwile's humble prayer that this book might be useful to pastors and faithful lay members in reviving at least some quarters of the Black Church, and churches of every ethnicity and context— all for the glory of God.
Author : Richard N. Pitt
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814768245
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Divine Callings written by Richard N. Pitt and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the unique aspects of the religious profession is the high percentage of those who claim to be “called by God” to do their work. This call is particularly important within African American Christian traditions. Divine Callings offers a rare sociological examination of this markedly understudied phenomenon within black ministry. Richard N. Pitt draws on over 100 in-depth interviews with Black Pentecostal ministers in the Church of God in Christ—both those ordained and licensed and those aspiring—to examine how these men and women experience and pursue “the call.” Viewing divine calling as much as a social process as it is a spiritual one, Pitt delves into the personal stories of these individuals to explore their work as active agents in the process of fulfilling their calling. In some cases, those called cannot find pastoral work due to gender discrimination, lack of clergy positions, and educational deficiencies. Pitt looks specifically at how those who have not obtained clergy positions understand their call, exploring the influences of psychological experience, the congregational acceptance of their call, and their response to the training process. He emphasizes how those called reconceptualize clericalism in terms of who can be called, how that call has to be certified, and what those called are meant to do, offering insight into how social actors adjust to structural constraints.
Author : Deborrah Cooper
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105636879
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (56 download)
Download or read book The Black Church - Where Women Pray and Men Prey written by Deborrah Cooper and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book continues an uncomfortable examination of Prosperity Gospel, the con game of religion and slick preachers. The truth is revealed about the many ways Black women are set up in churches by unscrupulous men out to control, demean, sexually abuse and rob them and their children. (Back cover)
Author : Korie Little Edwards
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 147980892X
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)
Download or read book Smart Suits, Tattered Boots written by Korie Little Edwards and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A compelling study of how race, culture, and civic organizing impact black religious leader mobilization in contemporary America. Black ministers were at the heart of the Civil Rights movement, but in recent years their level of social mobilization has decreased, with much of their efforts being devoted to supporting the candidacies of Democratic politicians. This book explores the question of when and why black ministers mobilize for change, and attempts to explain their relative lack of involvement in the Black Lives Matter movement and the broader movement for police reform"--
Author : R. Drew Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742545229
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (452 download)
Download or read book Black Churches and Local Politics written by R. Drew Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book on black churches and urban politics uses case studies from various cities to examine the strategies and tactics of activist clergy and congregations. These case studies illustrate how black activist clergy and congregations negotiate the political terrains of their respective cities. The cases show that the political culture of a city--whether that culture is shaped by machine politics, a legacy of political protest, racial and ethnic factionalism, or a city whose power resides in the mayor's office rather than the city council chamber--can influence the tactics of activist clergy and congregations. These cases also show how strategies and tactics vary across congregations as well as within and across cities. Not only do activist churches emphasize political empowerment or economic development, their tactics to pursue their goals may take different forms. They can form coalitions with other churches and/or political organizations, lobby public officials, use personal appeals to persuade politicians, or mobilize voters for candidates who support the congregation's agenda. By taking stock of the strategies that activist black clergy and congregations adopt and the tactics they use to research their goals, the cases in this book highlight nuances in black clergy and church activism that are captured beyond a single case or a focus on national politics. The three sections of Black Churches and Local Politics examine the many ways that black activist clergy and congregations voice their concerns in urban politics. The tactics explored are the use of personal influence by activist ministers, the formation of coalitions with churches and community organizations, and pressure groups that lobby government institutions and leaders on behalf of minority communities.
Author : Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674044647
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (446 download)
Download or read book Off the Books written by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revelatory book, Sudhir Venkatesh takes us into Maquis Park, a poor black neighborhood on Chicago's Southside, to explore the desperate and remarkable ways in which a community survives. The result is a dramatic narrative of individuals at work, and a rich portrait of a community. But while excavating the efforts of men and women to generate a basic livelihood for themselves and their families, Off the Books offers a devastating critique of the entrenched poverty that we so often ignore in America, and reveals how the underground economy is an inevitable response to the ghetto's appalling isolation from the rest of the country.
Author : Wayne E Croft
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780817018177
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (181 download)
Download or read book A History of the Black Baptist Church written by Wayne E Croft and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The history of black people in the United States is a history of challenge and resilience, of suffering and solidarity, of injustice and prophetic resistance. It is a history steeped in the hope and strength that African Americans have derived from their faith in God and from the church that provided safety, community, consolation, and empowerment. In this new volume from pastor and scholar Rev. Dr. Wayne Croft, the history of the black Baptist church unfolds-from its theological roots in the Radical Reformation of Europe and North America, to the hush arbors and praise houses of slavery's invisible institution, to the evolution of distinctively black denominations. In a wonderfully readable narrative style, the author relates the development of diverse black Baptist associations and conventions, from the eighteenth century through the twentieth century's civil rights movement. Ideal for clergy and laity alike, the book highlights key leaders, theological concepts, historic events, and social concerns that influenced the growth of what we know today as the diverse black Baptist family of churches"--
