This book is packed with twenty-first-century lessons and practices, highlighting real-life success stories from the African-American church experience. Here the strengths of the African-American church are celebrated, and its best practices explored through the study of large and small churches alike. Half of the chapters in High Impact African-American Churches feature African-American history from the inception of slavery to present day, revealing the influences that have shaped these churches. Readers from any church, in any culture, will learn specific steps they can take and apply to their own churches, achieving successes similar to those found in the African-American Church.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Jackson/Barna Mix is Great:
I think this book is a great reference for church leaders of all races. The information is insightful, the examples are inspiring, the stats are revealing. What appeals to me most is how it covers topics that most Christian leaders deal with and yet gets deep enough to give some take-aways.
A little dry, but very insightful:
This book does a great job of showing the differences between predominately white churches and predominately black churches. A real eye-opener for this Caucasian ministry professional. I learned a lot!
Nothing Could Be More Wrong!:
This book has one redeeming quality. It informs those who are serious about the historic Christian faith that our struggles against pragmatism and relativism is an ardent struggle. Barna and Jackson have used their platform to commend as "effective" examples of "successful" churches those churches that are theologically erroneous and philosophically faulty. The book is wrought with inconsistencies and contradictions. Yet this is to be expected when you commend as paradigms for gospel ministry those churches... more info
High Impact African American Churches-Uncovered:
This is a well written book that had me captivated from the beginning. Growing up in a predominately African American city as an AA female and belonging to an AA church most of my life, this book put into words what I have believed and thought was true.
Harry Jackson and George Barna did an excellent job in researching and depicting the best practices of these AA churches across the USA in various denominations. The statistics are staggering regarding how much we as a group of people engage in... more info
