TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Efrem
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The post-black and post-white church: becoming the beloved community in a multi-ethnic world 
T2  - Jossey-Bass leadership network series
AV  - BV639.M56 S65 2012eb
U1  - 277.3/083089 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - San Francisco
PB  - Jossey-Bass
KW  - Church and minorities
KW  - Social integration
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Reconciliation
KW  - Multiculturalism
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Enter the Sanctuary1 Reconciling, Multiethnic, and Missional2 Moving the Church Beyond Crisis, Captivity, and Comfort3 Compassion, Mercy, and Justice4 Race5 The Gift of the Black Church6 Creating a Post-White Church7 Leadership8 The Beloved Life and Leadership Project9 Starting, Shifting, and SustainingNotesIndex; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "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"--
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10575662
ER  -