A member of Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., Lora-Ellen McKinney is the offspring of three generations of Baptist ministers. An expert in community health, social services, social justice, and education, she heads her own consulting firm and holds numerous degrees, including a Ph.D. from the University of Washington and a master's in public administration from Harvard University
Preface by Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry Mckinney
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Foreword by Rev. Dr. H. Beecher Hicks Jr
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Introduction
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SECTION 1 Baptist Beliefs and Practices
1. How Can You Recognize a Child of God
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The Exercise of Christian Faith
2. Becoming Baptist
18
(16)
Baptist Beliefs and Traditions Past and Present
3. Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
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(10)
Baptist Church Organization and Management
4. What Must I Do to Be Saved?
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(8)
Guidelines for Church Participation
SECTION 2 Dynamics of African American Religious Traditions
5. Ain't Gwine Lay My 'Ligion Down
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(18)
African American Baptist History and Traditions from Slavery to the Present
6. Let's Just Praise the Lord
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(8)
African American Traditions of Preaching and Pastoral Teaching
7. Lead Me to Calvary
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(9)
Leadership in the African American Church
8. I'm Gonna Do What the Spirit Says Do
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(7)
The Role of Music in the African American Baptist Church
9. Guide My Feet
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(11)
The Role of African American Baptist Churches in Response to Social Issues and Needs
10. Total Praise
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(4)
Living Our Faith
APPENDICES
Appendix 1
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(19)
Baptist, African American Baptist, and African American Conventions, Denominations, and Religious Organizations
Appendix 2
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(7)
Recommended Resources
Appendix 3
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(5)
The New Hampshire Confession Articles of Faith
Appendix 4
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(2)
Church Covenant
Appendix 5
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(1)
The Apostles' Creed
Appendix 6
143
(4)
Opening Lines of Song Titles Used as Chapter Headings
Glossary
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