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

1st ed.

9781118036587 (hardback)
9781118222324 (e-book)

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2012.

English

xx, 220 p.

BV639.M56 S65 2012eb

277.3/083089

"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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Jossey-Bass leadership network series ; 59

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