Black Evangelical identity
Subtitle: core beliefs of a community in Christ and culture definitional essays
By: Walter A. McCray
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Black Light Fellowship
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780933176010
Description: "Explores contentious issues in defining identity for African-descended Evangelicals amidst an adverse white Evangelical socio-political context. Christ-centered discussion of identity affirms core biblical-theological beliefs, and advocates accepting Black racial-cultural constants"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Advocating identity (I); title: The contentious union; title: Black and evangelical  an anomaly of authentic identity; title: The composite identification; title: Black evangelical identity (abridged definition); title: Appreciating context (II); title: The contextualizing organization; title: Seeing nbea through the windows of the early church; title: The calling impetus; title: Our present motivation : Black Evangelical the identity issue: presidential address for the 2006 NBEA Summit; title: What is a Black Evangelical & what do they do?; title: The consuming fire; title: From a defining summit to a definitive statement; title: Affirming beliefs (III); title: The crafted definition; title: Black Evangelical identity (full statement); title: The Christ-centered community; title: Exposition - the black Evangelical collective and their calvary; title: The core beliefs; title: Exposition - the formation of indispensable tenets of Black Evangelical faith; title: Accepting culture (IV); title: The content is Africa; title: Celebrating and gospelizing the pervasive biblical Black presence; title: The cultural diversity; title: Defining values, principles, and statements that preserve Black peoplehood; title: The collective interdependence; title: Operational unity under the umbrella concept by William Hiram Bentley, father of NBEA; title: The constants of racial culture; title: Sustaining factors of Evangelical blackness.