03575nam 2200625 a 450 991081888300332120240514073211.01-118-23606-81-280-79278-797866137031701-118-22232-6(CKB)2670000000209118(EBL)821771(OCoLC)797919101(MiAaPQ)EBC821771(DLC) 2012019626(Au-PeEL)EBL821771(CaPaEBR)ebr10575662(CaONFJC)MIL370317(EXLCZ)99267000000020911820120423d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe post-black and post-white church becoming the beloved community in a multi-ethnic world /Efrem Smith1st ed.San Francisco Jossey-Bass20121 online resource (219 p.)Jossey-Bass leadership network series ;59"A Leadership Network publication."Includes index.1-118-03658-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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"--Provided by publisher.Church and minoritiesSocial integrationReligious aspectsChristianityReconciliationReligious aspectsChristianityMulticulturalismReligious aspectsChristianityChurch and minorities.Social integrationReligious aspectsChristianity.ReconciliationReligious aspectsChristianity.MulticulturalismReligious aspectsChristianity.277.3/083089REL012000bisacshSmith Efrem(Efrem D.),1969-1683035MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818883003321The post-black and post-white church4053539UNINA