Many African-American men have given up on church. They've dismissed it as a sham or a hinderance; they recognized the church as a community fixture or just a place for women to gossip, but they lost the deeper purpose. What these men need is for the Truth to be applied - in a candid and respectful way - to the lies that they have believed about the church and the people of God.
In his unique book, Pastor Eric Redmond confronts the important question of 'Where are the black men in the African-American church?' with a candid approach that combines wisdom with a conversational tone.
Instead of side-stepping issues, Redmond converses with readers about some of their reasons for not going to church... reasons including:
The church seems geared toward women
The preacher is just an ordinary man
Islam appears to offer more for the black man
Organized religion is not necessary
Churches are just after your money
Redmond approaches their skepticism with respect but also with corrective truth. On these and other topics, 'Where Are All the Brothers?: Straight Answers To Men's Questions About the Church' speaks about the things that men think about in private and challenges them to reexamine their long-held assumptions.
Eric C. Redmond is pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Temple Hills, Maryland. A former assistant professor of Bible and theology at Washington Bible College and a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, he is the 2007-2008 second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He blogs at The Council of Reforming Churches and A Man from Issachar.
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