Last Call for the African-American Church - The Death of Global Missions

Last Call for the African-American Church revisits the commandment Jesus left his followers to proclaim the gospel worldwide until his return, one that by all accounts is no longer a priority in the contemporary African-American church. Despite the presence of euphoric praise-and-worship celebrations and the proliferation of diverse ministries it advertises as "cutting edge," the implosion of missions has occurred in this church's pulpits and pews.

Selected biblical foundations of missions are provided for those new to the parlance, and for others needing a refresher course. Along with conventional missions' distinctions, Chester Williams logs some concepts in the glossary he himself has constructed, for readers and for collegial review. They include the feminization of missions, rummage sale missions, missions without Jesus, and window dressing missions. For the most part, these concepts represent a radical departure from apostolic missions and are viewed as biblical tinkering and convolution, most importantly, as obstructions to the Great Commission-world harvesting.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted and Reacquainted with Missions
Chapter 2: The African-American Church: Character, Challenge, and Celebration
Chapter 3: The Makings of Missions' Obsolescence in the African-American Church
Chapter 4: Missions' Obsolescence, Continued: The African-American Mega Church and the Church Growth Movement
Chapter 5: Global Missions and Money Matters in the Black Church
Chapter 6: Ghana
Chapter 7: Is Race Still a Factor?
Chapter 8: Summary and Notes on ICAM
Bibliography

About the author

By Chester Williams

Summary

Last Call for the African-American Church revisits the commandment Jesus left his followers to proclaim the gospel worldwide until his return, one that by all accounts is no longer a priority in the contemporary African-American church.

Product details

• Authors: Williams, Angela Williams, Chester Williams, Williams Chester
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.12.2014
• EAN: 9780761864967
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6496-7
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; USA, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, RELIGION / Spirituality, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, 21st Century, Christianity, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, History of Religion, United States of America, USA, Church history, History of the Americas, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience