The Post–Black and Post–White Church – Becoming the Beloved Community in a Multi–Ethnic World
Becoming the Beloved Community in a Multi–Ethnic World
Samenvatting
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.
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<p>Foreword by Curtiss Paul DeYoung ix</p>
<p>Introduction: Enter the Sanctuary xiii</p>
<p>1 Reconciling, Multi–Ethnic, and Missional 1</p>
<p>2 Moving the Church Beyond Crisis, Captivity, and Comfort 15</p>
<p>3 Compassion, Mercy, and Justice 41</p>
<p>4 Race 65</p>
<p>5 The Gift of the Black Church 93</p>
<p>6 Creating a Post–White Church 117</p>
<p>7 Leadership 145</p>
<p>8 The Beloved Life and Leadership Project 161</p>
<p>9 Starting, Shifting, and Sustaining 185</p>
<p>Notes 201</p>
<p>About the Author 207</p>
<p>Index 209</p>
