The Black Church in the 21st Century

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This paper examines the key issues surrounding the African-American Church in the year 2005. The paper discusses what new pastors should be learning as they train to become Christian leaders in their communities. The paper also attempts to answer how an aspiring preacher should approach the many social problems that confront the African-American community, which issues are appropriate for associating with sermons or Bible study, and which are better left to small group discussion.

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"Inside the hard-bound cover of Andrew Billingsley's book, Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Enduring legacy of African-American Families, is to be found pages upon pages of the great wisdom and big-picture vision of a man who is highly respected in the academic and scholarly communities, as well as in the black community. To borrow an old advertising slogan, when Billingsley speaks, people listen; and when he writes, people read, and people think deeply about what he expresses. Reading his books helps a young would-be pastor learn how to tell a story that has plenty of power, honesty and relevance, and yet carries with it some degree of entertaining value at the same time."

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