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Get on Board, Little Children, There’s Room for Many More: The Black Megachurch Phenomenon, 2001
Get PDFStroll into any Black megachurch late on a Sunday morning and you may not get a seat. If you do, it may be after being shuffled into one of many overflow rooms equipped with a large closed-circuit television screen, ushers, and one of many assistant ministers. This is in spite of the extremely large structures capable of seating from fifteen hundred to ten thousand people
Redemption of Africa: The Vital Impulse of Black American Overseas Missionaries
Get PDFIn my current studies of Afro-Americans who became Christian missionaries in geographical regions beyond the borders of North America, I have discovered that the vast majority of them served on the African continent. The discovery has posed the question of how to account for the fact that Afro-American Christians, through their various denominational agencies of mission, have focused almost entirely upon the African continent as the field of their overseas missionary operation. In searching for the answer to this question, I have found that two powerful convictions have motivated black American Christians toparticipate in the Christian mission. The two compelling convictions have been held by black Christians who belonged to independent black denominations as well as religious bodies under white control
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Front Matter, 1975
No full textThe Journal of The Interdenominational Theological Center is published semi-annually by The Interdenominational Theological Center, 671 Beckwith St., S. W.,Atlanta, Georgia 30314. It is published in the interest of the alumni and the constituent seminaries of The Interdenominational Theological Center (GammonTheological Seminary, Absalom Jones Episcopal Institute, Charles H. Mason Theological Seminary, Morehouse School of Religion, Phillips School of Theology,Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary and Turner Theological Seminary)
The New Hermeneutic and the Understanding of Spirituals
Get PDFPalmer, in his book Hermeneutics,1 lists several hermeneutical approaches and then says that no hermeneutical approach as listed should be thought of as an absolute approach to the problem of understanding and interpretation.2 It is my contention that Palmer is right in his observation, but not necessarily correct in his conclusion that Gadamer’s approach to the hermeneutical problem is the best. I see, however, the Gadamerian approach to be the foundational step in the new hermeneutic; all the rest has been a prolegomena
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Back Matter, 1977
No full textInterdenominational Theological Center An Ecumenical Professional Graduate School of Theolog
Pastoral Counseling and the Spiritual Quest
Get PDFThere are at least six quite different ministries within the Christian church. All of them are legitimate and needed. The basic problem is thatmost lay people at least unconsciously expect their pastor to be an expert in all of them. Without the gift and ministry of administration the church organization would cease to be. Without the teaching ministry the basic message of the church would not be communicated. The prophetic ministry reminds us of the areas of life which have not been touched by our Christian outreach. Quite different from these is the ministry of liturgy which orchestrates a group into meaningful worship. And then there is the essence of the pastoral ministry. Finally there is the ministry of spiritual guidance in which the pastor tries to facilitate the individual in his spiritual quest. This requires additional training and expertise different from ordinary counseling and is a much needed and little provided ministry within the Christian Church today
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Back Matter, 1979
No full textInterdenominational Theological Center An Ecumenical Professional Graduate School of Theolog
A Symbol by Any Other Name . . .
Get PDFWhen John C. Diamond asked me to respond to Anne Wimberly’s article “Spirituals as Symbolic Expression,” I was both intrigued andsomewhat skeptical of this undertaking. As I wrote him the letter saying that I would try to make such a response, I kept hearing in the back of my consciousness the qualification made by James Cone: “Black music must be lived before it can be understood.”1 Even as this claim resounded in the background, I decided to try it anyway
Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, Front Matter, 1980
No full textTHE JOURNAL OFTHE INTERDENOMINATIONALTHEOLOGICAL CENTER is published semi-annually by the Faculty of The Interdenominational Theological Center, 671 Beckwith Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30314. Manuscripts and related correspondence should be sent to The Editor at the address above. Matters pertaining to subscriptions and back issues should be directed to Wilson N. Flemister at the school address. Copyright, 1978, by the Interdenominational Theological Center. All rights reserved
The Image of God’s Image
Get PDFBecause of its position at the beginning of the Bible and because of its subject matter, the account of creation in Gen.l:l-2:4a is one of the most familiar and impressive passages of the Bible. Yet to a generation that has landed men on the moon, is exploring the planets, and is conducting scientific research in cosmology, there may be a temptation to dismiss Gen. I, as irrelevant for our sophisticated and technologically advanced age. Although its cosmology is certainly not ours and its language is somewhat quaint and remote, if approached with patience and on its own terms, Gen. I, speaks with surprising power and relevance to the present.