@article{464945,
      recid = {464945},
      author = {Smith, Efrem},
      title = {The post-black and post-white church becoming the beloved  community in a multi-ethnic world / [electronic resource]  :},
      publisher = {Jossey-Bass,},
      address = {San Francisco :},
      pages = {xx, 220 p.},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {"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"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/464945},
}