The Hip-hop Church: Connecting With the Movement Shaping Our Culture

by Smith, Efrem

• ISBN13: 9780830833290
• ISBN10: 0830833293
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-31
• Publisher: Ivp Books

Summary

The beats ring out all around us: in the clothes youth wear, in the music they listen to, in the ways they express themselves. Hip-hop is the language they speak, the rhythm they move to. It is a culture familiar with the hard realities of our broken world; now the generation raised with rap needs to know about the hope. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Efrem Smith is senior pastor of The Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota Phil Jackson is associate pastor of Lawndale Community Church and pastor of The House Covenant Church, an all youth and young adult hip-hop church in Chicago

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(5)
Bakari Kitwana
Foreword	12	(3)
Alton B. Pollard III
Shout-Outs	15	(2)
Hip-Hop and the Church: Opposition or Opportunity?	17	(14)
PART ONE: Why Should the Church Care About Hip-Hop?
Church and Hip-Hop	31	(30)
PART TWO: Understanding the Hip-Hop Culture
What Is Hip-Hop?	61	(31)
Blues and Negro Spirituals, the Parents of Hip-Hop	92	(9)
Hip-Hop as Postmodern Culture	101	(14)
Hip-Hop Theology	115	(16)
PART THREE: Bringing Hip-Hop into Your Church
Holy Hip-Hop	131	(22)
The Emcee and the Preacher	153	(23)
The Deejay and the Worship Leader	176	(9)
Bringing Hip-Hop into Your Worship Service	185	(15)
Practical Ways of Reaching the Hip-Hop Community for Christ	200	(17)
Conclusion: Church and Hip-Hop---You Don't Stop	217	(5)
Appendix: Hip-Hop Resources	222