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

Informationen zum Autor Chester Williams is an African-American author who now serves as a missionary in Ghana. He has held teaching posts at Rutgers and at Boston University School of Theology and is the recipient of several awards regarding his commitment to his community and church. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Getting Acquainted and Reacquainted with MissionsChapter 2: The African-American Church: Character, Challenge, and CelebrationChapter 3: The Makings of Missions' Obsolescence in the African-American ChurchChapter 4: Missions' Obsolescence, Continued: The African-American Mega Church and the Church Growth MovementChapter 5: Global Missions and Money Matters in the Black ChurchChapter 6: GhanaChapter 7: Is Race Still a Factor?Chapter 8: Summary and Notes on ICAMBibliography

Product details

• Authors: Chester Williams, Williams Chester
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9780761867777
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6777-7
• No. of pages: 210
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• 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