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Intellectual Faith Practitioners: African American Theological Education in the Twentieth-First Century, 2011
No full textThe first component of our mission as intellectual-faith- practitioners is to carve out epistemological space so that we chronicle intergenerational and multigenerational life paths to God, our Creator and Sustainer. The second component is this; theological educators must grasp the innermost, nitty-gritty essentials of the canon within the canon, in order to broaden our religious imagination through paradigms of cross-cultural and intergenerational interactions. Those of us in the inner circle, responsible for training the next generation of religious leaders, we must decode, decipher, and translate that which is present and available, but is not readily assessable or recognizable
How the Black Church May Advance Health and Wholeness in Response To the HIV/Aids Pandemic In African Americans, 2007
Get PDFFaith plays an important role in health and quality of life among minorities. The minority church and other faith-based organizations have provided continued support, guidance, and direction to individuals and families facing health-related and life-threatening illnesses. Minority faith-based organizations have historically served as the “life-center" of the community, providing services that nourish the mind, body and soul. Faith communities—including churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, and other places of worship—have tremendous potential for building assets and forging access to improve the health status in minority communities
End the Silence: Listen, Learn, Liberate!, 2007
No full textMinistry to the sick and suffering has been a timeless tradition among religious peoples: Moses, Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, among others in the OT and Peter, Paul, John, Philip and others in the NT. Jesus-the founder of the Christian Churchtook this ministry to a new level while he tabernacled with us. In fact, Jesus' ministry was characterized by empathetic listening and compassionate acting. The preferred word the Gospel writers used to describe his feelings implies "the gut, viscera, the bowels, the inward parts, the entrails. ' This is what went out from him in pity, sympathy, or compassion to suffering humanity (Matt. 9:36, Luke 9:22, Mark 1 :41). The English translators often render the noun, "bowels of compassion." Jesus has thus left a high standard for us to emulate
African-American Protestant Congregational Life Survey, 2005
Get PDFCongregational profile surveys were completed by one penson in each of 240 Protestant African-American congregations participating in MVP. Results are compared here to those of the random sample of congregations that participated in the 2001 U.S. Congregational Life Survey (USCLS) to help MVP leaders more readily identify the unique strengths of Protestant African-American congregations. (Responses from MVP Catholic parishes and mosques are not included.
The Evaluation Process And The Members Voice Project: Perspectives and Commentary, 2005
Get PDFEffective evaluation ensures that goals and objectives are met and whether the end product or project has significance. Does it contribute to and broaden our understanding of the subject pursued as designed? Were all available resources, networks, and contacts utilized? What aspects of the project demonstrate clearly the capacity of the organization to deliver as promised, illustrating identifiable strengths? How did the delivery of outcomes confirm quality management in completing the project, establishing the overall significance of the work
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Front Matter, 2004
No full textThis issue of JITC is our first non-theme focus since volume XXVIII, Fall 2000/Spring 2001 and includes a variety of articles—all from ITC’s faculty, visiting scholars, staff, and students. Three of the essays represent the work of faculty persons who were the Charles B. Copher Annual Faculty lecturers in 2003, 2004, and 2005
Visionary Servant Leader, 2004
No full textIt is with gratitude and humility that I express to each of you present today my appreciation to God and to the Interdenominational Theological Center (1TC) family for the tremendous honor of serving as the seventh president of this distinguished institution of higher education. ITC focuses on the theological education of women and men who will provide academic and spiritual leadership to the Christian church and the global community
A Womanist Perspective: Bridging The Black Church and the Academy Amid the Interlocking of Media, Patriarchy, and Televangelism, 2004
Get PDFThe writer, as a womanist, interprets the proposed theme, “Bridging the Church and the Academy” with a “hermeneutic of suspicion” due to sexist, classist, racist, homophobic, ageist, and oppressive elements in the Black Church and the academy. A womanist theologian asks: Are the majority of male leaders in the Black Church and the academy suffering from the sin of patriarchy? Is this why they do not inquire about the deaths of Black female children and female adults? Are they caught up in die historical cacophony of “servant-hood theology” in America? Jacquelyn Grant, Calloway Professor of Systematic Theology at the Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia, provides insight into the meaning of “servant-hood theology.” “Black men are stillservants of servants, white women are still servants of servants, and Black women [girls] are still servants of the servants of servants.
Reconstruction for the Twenty-First Century: The Witness of The Church to African Americans In Higher Education, 2004
No full textWhat the churches are doing in higher education on behalf of African Americans is a clear indication of the effectiveness of Christian witness. Reflection upon the earlier period (Reconstruction) reveals strengths and weaknesses instructive for us today (twentyTirst century). Historians are convinced, of course, that we must review the past to gain perspective for the present and future. The Reconstruction Period refers to the twelve-year span between 1865 and 1877, during and after the Civil War. It is the time when the states of the Confederacy are required to reaffirm their allegiance to the Union, abolish slavery, and rewrite their constitutions, which permit the full and equal participation of fformer enslaved African Americans. This study includes the immediate consequences of that era (the end of Reconstruction)
Divine Divas, 2003
No full textI was at a conference a few years ago in Los Angeles where Kenneth Ulmer hosted a Reverend Sister Conference. Renita Weems, the advisor for my masters thesis, chose this text. Stating in her introduction that she was a Ph.D. and scholar and had traveled across the country preaching for some twenty years, she had never heard this text preached nor had she preached it. I sat there realizing that I, too, had been traveling around the country. I was telling women to accept their greatness, but I had never preached this text. Right there in worship, I found myself not only convicted, but spiritually indicted—guilty as charged. But, I have confessed my sins and this morning I want to preach this text and tag it with the title “Divine Divas.