Shepherding in the African American Community - Pastoral Care Conversations - Willie A. Jr. Glaster - Bog

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.