Böcker av Willie A. Jr. Glaster

Evangelism in the twenty-first century and beyond is a call and challenge for the African American in our post-modern world, and specifically for the Black church in South Texas. Modernity beckons the African American to break ties with its history, a history that is intricately tied to liberation of the past and present. As we look toward our future, the Kingdom of God will have to be retold in a way that awakens the souls of an exiled people. The wave of crises in this century lies within the fact that a large number of Black churches are closing its doors around the country, just recently in New Orleans. The same fate is being felt in the Black churches in South Texas. The effective witness of the Gospel is the challenge and measure for the small church. Evangelism in the twenty-first century and beyond is a call and challenge for the African American in our post-modern world, and specifically for the Black church in South Texas.

There came a time in my journey that I could not ignore who I was or where I came from. When I looked into the eyes of a sixty-five-year-old Black deacon who attended my worship service, I wanted to ask -- "does my preaching make any connection with you?" Did this third-grade un-nurtured boy understand the concept of love, while he lived in the home of a female single parent? How does the female adolescent respond to her mother's loss of employment? When did all these thoughts suddenly appear? With these childhood contextual images etched into my memory, I have chosen to write this book to discuss possible ways of observing African American pastoral care and maybe we can have serious dialogue. [This manuscript is a quick guide and can only be used for basic content references due to formatting errors in sentence structure. The full updated manuscript can be found under the title: Shepherding in the African American Community Part 1 & 2]