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Throughout our nation, hundreds of vibrant African-American churches are leading people to deep, life-changing spiritual transformations. With visionary leadership, powerful worship, challenging faith formation strategies, and a strong sense of community and mission, these churches form the backbone of American spirituality. What generates this vitality? And how can you bring that same passion, energy, and impact to your church? In High-Impact African-American Churches, researcher George Barna and Bishop Harry Jackson Jr. combine their research, knowledge, and experience to describe what these churches do that is changing lives.

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	26 septembre 2005
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781441223654
Langue	English

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© 2004 George Barna and Harry R. Jackson
Published by Baker Books a division of Baker Publishing Group P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287 www.bakerbooks.com
Previously published by Regal Books
Ebook edition created 2014
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ISBN 978-1-4412-2365-4
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version ®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.
Other versions used are:
KJV — King James Version. Authorized King James Version.
NRSV— The Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
All information included in the church profiles was gathered through personal interviews with and contributions from the individual churches.
Cover design by David Griffing
Interior design by Stephen Hahn
Edited by Mia Kaely
P RAISE FOR
H IGH -I MPACT A FRICAN -A MERICAN C HURCHES
George Barna and Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr., have ably brought together their considerable natural and spiritual gifts to produce this significant resource book High-Impact African-American Churches . They rightly see that no people group can survive an attack of the magnitude of what black Americans have experience unless the people group gets itself right with God.
This book will give people an opportunity to look at America’s sins against its brothers and sisters and will also cause people to break into rejoicing as they read what God has done for the least of these among us. I believe that the information in this book will help build bridges between the races. Racism in America is the taunting Goliath that disproves all the Church’s talk of love. Reconciliation through Christ is the David that will bring it down.
Hold on! We are about to become that unified Church Jesus prayed for. Together, we can win the world for Christ. High-Impact African-American Churches is a sign that it can be done.
B ISHOP W ELLINGTON B OONE
P ASTOR , T HE F ATHER ’ S H OUSE N ORCROSS , G EORGIA
While the focus of this work is on African-American churches, High-Impact African-American Churches is a must-read for pastors of all backgrounds and all races. The innovative ideas will help high-impact leaders develop great churches across the nation. Harry Jackson and George Barna set a good direction for other churches to consider.
B OB B UFORD
A UTHOR , H ALFTIME : M OVING FROM S UCCESS TO S IGNIFICANCE F OUNDING C HAIRMAN , L EADERSHIP N ETWORK
High-Impact African-American Churches is a rich mine of practical and spiritual images that will empower and inspire your local church to pursue undeniable greatness for God! Thank God for George and Harry!
K IRBYJON H. C ALDWELL
C OAUTHOR , E NTREPRENEURIAL F AITH P ASTOR , W INDSOR V ILLAGE U NITED M ETHODIST C HURCH H OUSTON , T EXAS
The African-American church is not only a central institution of the African-American community, but it also has important lessons to share with the broader Christian Church. George Barna, a market pollster with an international reputation, and Bishop Harry Jackson, a church leader with a rich experience in the urban black community, make a dynamic duo. Each contributes to the other in providing a study that is both fascinating and comprehensive. Here are valuable lessons for all to ponder, especially for churches engaged in urban ministry. Urban contexts represent the cultural powerhouses of American society, in which the African-American churches are still influential and respected.
D R. E DDIE G IBBS
P ROFESSOR OF C HURCH G ROWTH , F ULLER T HEOLOGICAL S EMINARY
In this book, George Barna and Bishop Harry Jackson present candid and compelling insights describing God’s work among African-American churches. The empirical research dismantles the stereotypes about the inferiority of the African-American church and validates the truth of Scripture that God does not discriminate in the distribution of gifts to His Church.
D R . L ARRY A. M ERCER
S ENIOR V ICE P RESIDENT , M EDIA AND C HURCH M INISTRIES T HE M OODY B IBLE I NSTITUTE
Bishop Harry Jackson, an experienced African-American pastor, and George Barna, a skilled Caucasian-American researcher, have combined to write a landmark study of the African-American church. High-Impact African-American Churches highlights the holistic integration of doctrine and life with a focus on the best practices of quality, high-impact churches. African-Americans can learn how to do church more effectively; Caucasian-Americans can learn how to combine faith and works more biblically.
J OHN P ERKINS
F OUNDER , J OHN M. P ERKINS F OUNDATION FOR R ECONCILIATION AND D EVELOPMENT
For years, most Christian leaders have admired the amazing and profound religious and social impact of black churches in our cities. Now my friends, George Barna and Harry Jackson have focused a brilliant floodlight on African-American churches, allowing us to see clearly how they have gone about doing it. High-Impact African-American Churches is important reading!
C. P ETER W AGNER
A UTHOR , C HURCHQUAKE ! AND O UT OF A FRICA C HANCELLOR , W AGNER L EADERSHIP I NSTITUTE
DEDICATION
This book is respectfully dedicated to people who have made a unique contribution to the African-American church during the last 100 years. The names listed here represent just a sampling of thousands of black leaders who have tirelessly served both the Lord and their community. The following names are listed in alphabetical order instead of rank or significance.
E. K. Bailey (1946-2003) founded Concord Missionary Baptist Church, a model African-American megachurch from which he trained thousands of leaders in effective sermon preparation, church growth and leadership principles. Dr. Bailey was catalytic in creating many black megachurches.
Wellington Boone is one of the first African-Americans to break through into a national multiracial ministry arena. Bishop Boone’s messages have emphasized racial reconciliation, holiness and family development.
Juanita Bynum is best known for her fiery messages and straightforward delivery of biblical truths. Her honest depiction of lifestyle pressures and temptations of the average African-American woman has made her one of the most celebrated black preachers of the twenty-first century. Her classic book No More Sheets has challenged African-American women to lead a consecrated life for God.
Floyd Flake , senior pastor of Allen AME Church in Queens, New York, has been a change agent within the New York community and the world. Locally, Allen Temple’s $24 million operation is a paradigm of church and nonprofit efficiency. Nationally, Dr. Flake has also served as a United States Congressman and president of Wilberforce University.
E. V. Hill (1934-2003) was best known as a bridge builder in the Body of Christ. Loved by millions, he was an ambassador for the black church to the nations. His bold sermons were often heard not only in conferences but also in frequent appearances on television and radio.
T. D. Jakes is often referred to as a “shepherd to the shattered” because he has preached his messages to millions of hurting women and men around the globe. As the senior pastor of the 24,000-member church The Potter’s House in Dallas, Texas, Bishop Jakes has created a powerful local base for his groundbreaking international ministry. In 1999, the New York Times named him “one of the top five evangelists” and Time magazine named him “America’s Best Preacher” in 2001.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) was Time magazine’s Man of the Year in 1963 and the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Along with Abraham Lincoln, Dr. King stands as the most visible champion of civil rights in American history. His life and ministry not only brought dignity to the individual black person in the nation, but they also brought great dignity to the role of African-American ministry and ministers. This book could have been dedicated to him alone.
Eddie Long is the senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, which has grown from 300 members in 1987 to 25,000 members today. At one time his church was arguably the largest church in North America. Bishop Long has inspired thousands of African-American leaders to pursue the kingdom of God and to impact their regions for Christ.
Vashti Mackenzie pastored Payne Memorial AME Church in Baltimore, Maryland, where she decided to take back the neighborhood streets from drugs and poverty. Rev. Mackenzie so excelled in urban leadership that she gained the distinction of becoming the first female bishop of the 213-year-old AME Church.
C. H. Mason (1866-1961) was the founder of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). Bishop Mason’s prayer life, personal holiness and practical wisdom are legendary among African-American church leaders. Today the COGIC claims more than 8 million members.
Paul Morton is the senior pastor of the 20,000-member Greater St. Stephens Full Gospel Baptist Church and founder of the Full Gospel Baptist Church denomination. Under Bishop Morton’s leadership, the Full Gospel Baptist Church’s combined membership has reached nearly 1 million people.
G. E. Patterson is senior pastor of Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ in Memphis, Tennessee. The church has had a direct impact on unemployment, education, hea