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2000 General Conference Reports Related to Ethnic Local Church Concerns

Type: BOOK
Author: General Council on Ministries
( African American , Children at Risk , General , Korean Language , Mission , Multicultural , Native American , Poverty , Social Justice , Spanish Language , Unity )

Reports from General Conference 2000 relating to ethnic local church concerns.

Africans in America - Part 1

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , African American , Church History , General , History , Justice , Racism , Social Justice )

The Terrible Transformation: 1450-1750

Africans in America - Part 2

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , African American , Church History , General , History , Justice , Racism , Social Justice )

The Revolution: 1750-1805

Africans in America - Part 3

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , African American , Church History , General , History , Justice , Racism , Social Justice )

Brotherly Love: 1791-1831

Africans In America - Part 4

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , African American , Church History , General , History , Justice , Racism , Social Justice )

Judgement Day: 1831-1865

Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery

Type: BOOK
Author: Johnson and Smith
( Africa , African American , Church History , General , History , Justice , Methodist , Racism , Social Justice )

A riveting narrative history of America told from the point of view of Africans who came in shackles. A ground-breaking PBS tie-in that illuminates how Africans and Europeans built a nation, even as they bitterly struggled over what it meant to be free. Includes Charles Johnson's short stories. Includes AME church history. PBS video series:UM-HI-023.00

Anchor of the Soul

Type: VHS
Author: Hoose and Odlin
( African American , Culture , General , History , New England Conference , Racism , Social Justice )

This video provides an in-depth look at Black history and race relations in northern New England. This documentary tells the inspiring story of African Americans struggling to create and sustain a church in Portland, ME. Former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan narrates this profile of African American history in New England. Archival photos and contemporary interviews provide insight into such high points as the 1828 founding of Portland's Abyssinian Church and Reuben Ruby's Maine Anti-Slavery...

Black Methodism: Legacy of Faith

Type: VHS
Author:
( African American , Church History , General , United Methodist )

Explores the history of African Americans in what is now known as The United Methodist Church

Boyz N the Hood

Type: VHS
Author:
( African American , General , Inspiration , Movies , Peace , Social Justice , Urban Issues , Violence )

The critically acclaimed story of three friends growing up in a South Central Los Angeles neighborhood, and of street life where friendship, pain, danger, and love combine to form reality. A powerful portrait of black urban America. Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut and Larry Fishburne. Rated R

Celebration and Experience in Preaching

Type: BOOK
Author: Mitchell, Henry H.
( African American , Clergy , General , Ministry , Pastoral Skills , Preaching , Sermon Helps )

Shows how to use imagination, emotive expression, and the sermon celebration to meet the emotional and rational needs of people in your congregation. Demonstrates using sermon celebration within literary genres to involve the hearer holistically. Synthesizes recent homiletics developments with the best of the African-American pulpit tradition. Opens your eyes to fresh possibilities and offers helpful sample sermons.

Come Sunday

Type: BOOK
Author: Grimes, Nikki
( African American , Children , Children's Literature , General )

A lovely story told from the point of view of an elementary-aged african American girl about going to church on Sunday.

Confronting Environmental Racism: Voices from the Grassroots

Type: BOOK
Author: Bullard, Robert D.
( African American , Ecology , Environment , General , Justice , Nature , Poverty , Racism , Social Justice , Urban Issues )

The connection between racism and environmental quality is increasingly visible. Groundbreaking anthology brings together leading scholars, environmental leaders, and social justice activists of the emerging environmental justice movement.

Creation, The

Type: VHS
Author: Johnson, James Weldon
( African American , Bible , Bible/Bible Stories , Bible/Old Testament , General , Poetry , Storytelling )

Creation story in clay animation. Based on a black spiritual poem written by James Weldon Johnson in 1919. Reflects the awesome power of God recorded in Genesis. Narration by James Earl Jones.

Daisy and the Doll

Type: BOOK
Author: Medearis and Shelf Medearis
( African American , Children , Children's Literature , General , Storybooks , Storytelling , UMW )

An outstanding full-color children's picture book based on the true story of Jessie Daisy Turner who lived on a farm in Vermont and was born in 1883. When all the girls in class are given a doll and a poem to recite, Daisy is surprised that her doll has a coal-black face and is from Africa. A heartening tale about a moment of self-discovery and speaking the truth.

Delta Ministry, The

Type: BOOK
Author: Hilton, Bruce
( African American , General , Justice , Policy , Political , Racism , Social Justice , Volunteers )

An informal insider's view of "the most creative and controversial church-supported civil rights group in the south." Chronicles the Delta Ministry, which began work in 1964 with Mississippi Negroes developing black economic power and mass voter registration seeking to change social, economic and political conditions in the Delta.

Dimensions of Spirituality in the Black Experience: Leader's and Participant's Guide

Type: BOOK
Author: Dungy, Robert E.
( African American , Christian Education , Faith , General , Group Study )

Leader's Guide and Participant's Guide. Not a book about race or about being black. It is a resource about spiritual journey and how people find and respond to an ever present God. Seeks to help you dig deeper in faith, while reflecting on the influence and impact one's condition and context have in spiritual development and formation.

Ethnic Minorities in the United Methodist Church

Type: BOOK
Author: Ethnic Ministries
( African American , Asian American , Culture , Ethics , General , Hispanic Ministry , Native American , Racism , United Methodist )

Helps the UM Church at large to better understand the history, culture, and quest for self-determination and empowerment by its ethnic groups. Basically an interpretive document with a few strategies and programs to empower ethnic minorities. Should be helpful to church leaders and study groups.

Forgotten Fires

Type: VHS
Author:
( African American , Church History , Cults , General , History , Justice , Racism , Social Justice )

In 1994 the Ku Klux Klan came to Clarendon County, South Carolina, when two young men burned down two historic Black churches. The community is forced to confront the true state of race relations in the post-Civil Rights South. Follows the events through the eyes of Klan members past and present, the church pastor, and citizens, and weaves a compelling narrative of faith facing down evil, the seductiveness of hatred, and the power of reconciliation.

General Conference 2000 Reconciliation Service Part 1

Type: VHS
Author:
( African American , General , General Conference , Racism , Reconciling , Worship )

Thursday Night Reconciliation Service Part 1
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