The Hip-hop Church: Connecting With the

The beats ring out all around us: in the clothes youth wear, in the music they listen to, in the ways they express themselves. Hip-hop is the language they speak, the rhythm they move to. It is a culture familiar with the hard realities of our broken world; now the generation raised with rap needs to know about the hope. Book jacket.

Efrem Smith is senior pastor of The Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota Phil Jackson is associate pastor of Lawndale Community Church and pastor of The House Covenant Church, an all youth and young adult hip-hop church in Chicago

Foreword

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Bakari Kitwana

Foreword

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Alton B. Pollard III

Shout-Outs

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Hip-Hop and the Church: Opposition or Opportunity?

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PART ONE: Why Should the Church Care About Hip-Hop?

Church and Hip-Hop

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PART TWO: Understanding the Hip-Hop Culture

What Is Hip-Hop?

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Blues and Negro Spirituals, the Parents of Hip-Hop

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Hip-Hop as Postmodern Culture

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Hip-Hop Theology

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PART THREE: Bringing Hip-Hop into Your Church

Holy Hip-Hop

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The Emcee and the Preacher

153

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The Deejay and the Worship Leader

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Bringing Hip-Hop into Your Worship Service

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Practical Ways of Reaching the Hip-Hop Community for Christ

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Conclusion: Church and Hip-Hop---You Don't Stop

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Appendix: Hip-Hop Resources

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The Hip-hop Church: Connecting With the Movement Shaping Our Culture

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