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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790340703321

Autore

Smith Efrem (Efrem D.), <1969->

Titolo

The post-black and post-white church [[electronic resource] ] : becoming the beloved community in a multi-ethnic world / / Efrem Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, 2012

ISBN

1-118-23606-8

1-280-79278-7

9786613703170

1-118-22232-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

Jossey-Bass leadership network series ; ; 59

Classificazione

REL012000

Disciplina

277.3/083089

Soggetti

Church and minorities

Social integration - Religious aspects - Christianity

Reconciliation - Religious aspects - Christianity

Multiculturalism - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Leadership Network publication."

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--