Breaking Down Barriers

by Perry, Dwight

• ISBN13: 9780801057090
• ISBN10: 0801057094
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group

Summary

Born from joining the best of African culture to Christianity, today's evangelical black church is rising from the civil rights struggle to help forge a united interracial witness. "Breaking Down Barriers" promotes the unification of black and white Christians and gives an understanding of the historic black church so evangelicals can help put away misconceptions.

Author Biography

Dwight Perry is professor of pastoral studies at Moody Bible Institute.

Table of Contents

1 Separate and Unequal: The Black Church's Beginnings	7	(16)
2 The Only Game in Town: The Role of the Black Church in the Post-Slavery Community	23	(16)
3 From Plantation to Ghetto: Finding a New Home in a Strange Land	39	(16)
4 The Rise of Black Denominations	55	(16)
5 The Black Preacher: Undisputed Leader	71	(12)
6 Music in the Black Church: Coming Alive on Sunday	83	(12)
7 Preaching in the Black Church	95	(8)
8 From Pulpit to Prison: The Civil Rights Era	103	(8)
9 A New Wave: The Emergence of the Black Evangelical	111	(16)
10 Where Do We Go from Here?: The Black Church in the Twenty-first Century and Beyond	127	(6)
11 Evangelical Ministries in the African American Community	133	(16)
Appendix: The Strategic Role of the Black Church	149	(14)
Notes	163	(6)
Bibliography	169	(2)
Index	171