Black Baptists And African Missions

Traces the origins and developments of black Baptist interest in the Southern states and their efforts to evangelize West Africa in particular, and also considers this activity as an example of the use of religious themes by black Americans in order to give their disadvantaged conditions meanings and to suggest avenues and principles for their own liberation. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Venture into the world of overseas missions from an African-American perspective. This collection of articles takes you deep into the history of missions in the African-American community. You will learn of the struggles to stay connected to the world of missions in spite of great obstacles. You will read of unique cultural experiences while traveling abroad. You will feel the heart for fulfilling the Great Commission both in the African-American community and beyond. All text remains the same in this revised edition, with the exception of new study guide questions at the close of each chapter. The questions can be used to help facilitate discussions in Sunday School, Bible study, seminary classes, conference workshops and other group or individual studies.

A comprehensive study of African-American Baptist history and the key role played in the development of Christianity in America.

The book is an historical work that reflects on the good, the bad and the ugly experiences of a Southern Baptist missionary, T. J. Bowen and the relevant applications for African missions and contemporary missionaries. The significance of the study lies on the ability to pioneer missions among the people of strange culture, language, colour and values successfully. This book researches into problems observable in the life and works of Bowen that need clarification. They are problem of contextualizing mission, developing means and strategy for language barriers, mission funding and support, neglecting education as mission tool and ill-health challenges of missionaries which usually truncate dreams. This book, however, interacts with Nigerian Baptist Mission under GMB and her relationship with local churches on how to strengthen missionaries with SWOT Analysis. This book recommends suggested ways for African mission boards and agencies to be pragmatic in strategic making, be aware of the psychological welfare of her missionaries and provide a health insurance scheme for serving missionaries. When Mission Board and local churches hold hands together, missionaries will strive better on the field. Mission is still young in Africa dark soil, we only need men, methods and materials to grow gospel as God increases the open-doors for mission.

Profiles of African-American Missionaries features the lives and ministries of the great African-Americans who have gone to the world with the message of Christ. It is a collection of stories sharing the ministries of several African-American missionary pioneers from the 1700s to the present, dealing with all the social and ministry issues that they had to face here and abroad. Readers will be inspired by the dedication and commitment of these great African-Americans, as they lived out God’s great commission to go into all the world and make disciples of all people. It will inspire and challenge all readers to greater personal involvement in God’s worldwide mission.

"The history of black people in the United States is a history of challenge and resilience, of suffering and solidarity, of injustice and prophetic resistance. It is a history steeped in the hope and strength that African Americans have derived from their faith in God and from the church that provided safety, community, consolation, and empowerment. In this new volume from pastor and scholar Rev. Dr. Wayne Croft, the history of the black Baptist church unfolds-from its theological roots in the Radical Reformation of Europe and North America, to the hush arbors and praise houses of slavery's invisible institution, to the evolution of distinctively black denominations. In a wonderfully readable narrative style, the author relates the development of diverse black Baptist associations and conventions, from the eighteenth century through the twentieth century's civil rights movement. Ideal for clergy and laity alike, the book highlights key leaders, theological concepts, historic events, and social concerns that influenced the growth of what we know today as the diverse black Baptist family of churches"--

Roxanne Booth examines the historical creation of the African-American Baptist church, in a straightforward, simplified manner. Her book, African-American Baptist in Mission: A Historical Guide examines the spiritual awakening and journey through slavery to create a history of Baptist churches in America. Her piece celebrates the unwavering faith African-Americans have demonstrates while discusses current contribution made from the history of African-American church growth. Rev. Dr. Roxanne Jones Booth serves alongside her husband, the Rev. Antonio Booth, as Co-Pastor of the Riverview Missionary Baptist Church in Coeymans, NY. She is a three-time graduate of Howard University having received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts in Religious Studies and the Master of Divinity. She is also a graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary having received the Doctor of Ministry degree specializing in Missions and Cross-Cultural Studies. Currently, Rev. Dr. Booth is also an Adjunct Professor at the State University of New York at Albany in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Africana Studies lecturing in African and African American Religion. Utilizing her 10 years missions experience while living in Southern Africa as a mission worker with the National Baptist Convention USA Inc. Foreign Mission Board and her doctoral training in missions and cross-cultural studies, Rev. Dr. Booth facilitates mission ministry training workshops throughout the United States and is an instructor in the missions studies program of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention. Additionally, since becoming Co-Pastor at Riverview, Rev. Dr. Booth coordinates annual short-term mission trips to Southern Africa through the Riverview Missionary Baptist Church Short-term Mission Trip Ministry. Rev. Dr. Booth is also a life-time member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and serves as Chapter Historian for the Albany, NY Alumnae Chapter.