Efrem Smith 
The Post-Black and Post-White Church [EPUB ebook] 
Becoming the Beloved Community in a Multi-Ethnic World

A blueprint for missional, multi-ethnic Christian community

Efrem 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.

Tabella dei contenuti

About the Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series vii

Foreword by Curtiss Paul De Young ix

Introduction: Enter the Sanctuary xiii

1 Reconciling, Multi-Ethnic, and Missional 1

2 Moving the Church Beyond Crisis, Captivity, and Comfort 15

3 Compassion, Mercy, and Justice 41

4 Race 65

5 The Gift of the Black Church 93

6 Creating a Post-White Church 117

7 Leadership 145

8 The Beloved Life and Leadership Project 161

9 Starting, Shifting, and Sustaining 185

Notes 201

About the Author 207

Index 209

Circa l’autore

EFREM SMITH is an internationally recognized African-American leader and highly charismatic speaker. He is the former pastor of the Sanctuary Covenant Church and board chair of the Sanctuary Community Development Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is now superintendent of the Pacific Southwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) denomination, located in Concord, California, and the author of Raising Young Heroes and The Hip-Hop Church.