Africentric Approaches to Christian Ministry Strengthening Urban Congregations in African American Communities

by Peters, Ronald Edward; Haney, Marsha Snulligan; Wilmore, : Gayraud; Nyajeka, Tumani Mutasa; Ross, Rosetta E.; Roberts, J Deotis; Chapple, Richard C., Jr.; Fielder, Cain Hope; Monroe, Johnnie; Smith, Fred Douglas, Jr.; Tate, Gloria J.; Dennis, Warren L.; C

• ISBN13: 9780761832645
• ISBN10: 0761832645
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-28
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

In a pluralistic world where the tendency is to dismiss or silence ethnic and racial differences, Africentric Approaches to Christian Ministry Strengthening Urban Congregations in African American Communities offers invaluable insight into the ordering of urban congregational life, Christian ministry, and urban missiology from a worldview perspective that values the centrality of African people.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction: From Rhetoric to the Reality of Africentric Christian Ministry	xv
Ronald Edward Peters
Does the ``Black Church'' Really Exist?	1	(12)
Gayraud S. Wilmore
What Has Happened to Us? Conversing with Scholar Mercy Oduyoye on the Quest for Life	13	(22)
Marsha Snulligan Haney
Tumani Mutasa Nyajeka
Rosetta E. Ross
Africentrism as a Challenge to Contemporary Christian Ministry	35	(16)
Ronald Edward Peters
Africentric Christianity and Urban Ministry	51	(12)
J. Deotis Roberts
Make It Plain, Preacher: Africentrism and Constructing African-American Sermonic Discourse	63	(12)
Richard C. Chapple, Jr.
The Church's Ministry to the Urban Family: Creative Responses to a Continuing New Testament Challenge	75	(8)
Cain Hope Felder
Christians Celebrating Kwanzaa: Reflections and Thanksgiving for the African Heritage	83	(14)
Ronald Edward Peters
Building an Africentric Bridge from Inside Stained-Glass Windows to the Community Outside	97	(12)
Johnnie Monroe
Africentric Christian Education: A Historical Perspective	109	(10)
Fred Douglas Smith, Jr.
Building Community in a Multicultural Context: The Role of an Africentric Consciousness	119	(12)
Gloria J. Tate
The Challenges of Africentric Ministry for Urban Theological Education	131	(10)
Warren L. Dennis
Diaspora Ethics: ``The Hinges Upon Which the Future Swings''	141	(10)
Katie Geneva Cannon
Africentricity: A Missiological Pathway toward Christian Transformation	151	(16)
Marsha Snulligan Haney
Selected Bibliography	167	(8)
About the Contributors	175