Transformative Pastoral Leadership in the Black Church (Black Religion Womanist Thought Social Justice)

Transformative Pastoral Leadership In The Black Church Offers Practical Wisdom From A Comparative Analysis Of The Experiences Of A Male Pastor And A Female Pastor In The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Church Leaders Must Be Transformed Themselves As They Are Transforming Their Churches To Serve Their Communities. From His Research Of The Perspectives Of Laity, Clergy, And Scholars Of The Black Church, Jeffery L. Tribble, Sr., Offers Hopeful Stories And Helpful Strategies For Those Who Believe That The Black Church Must Continue Its Historic Mission Of Being An Instrument Of Survival, Elevation, And Liberation For Its People. Transformative Pastoral Leadership In The Black Church Is An Important Contribution To Studies Of Black Religion, Womanist Thought, And Social Justice.--book Jacket. 1. The Quest For Transformative Pastoral Leadership In The Black Church -- 2. God Did It : A Tale Of A Male Pastor In A Transforming Traditional Church -- 3. God Of A Second Chance : A Tale Of A Female Pastor In A Transforming Merged Mission Church -- 4. Emerging Strategies Of Transformative Pastoral Leadership In The Black Church -- 5. Independent Black Methodist Systems As Contexts Of Transformative Pastoral Leadership -- App. A. Research Method -- App. B. Clergy Interviews -- App. C. Lay Leader Interviews -- App. D. Community Census Data. Jeffery L. Tribble, Sr. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [181]-186) And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Series Editor’s Preface......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Introduction......Page 16 1 The Quest for Transformative Pastoral Leadership in the Black Church......Page 22 Historical and Present Perspectives of the Quest......Page 25 Gendered Perspectives of Leadership in Church and Community......Page 26 The Concept of Transformative Pastoral Leadership......Page 28 The Meaning of Multiple Modes of Transformation......Page 32 The Researcher as Research Instrument......Page 33 Praxis of Pastoral Leadership as Primary Source of Reflection......Page 34 A Description of Pastoral Leaders Studied......Page 39 2 “God Did It”: A Tale of a Male Pastor in a Transforming Traditional Church......Page 44 Transforming a Traditional Established Church......Page 45 A Student of the Black Methodist System......Page 47 Mentored in the Tradition of the Black Preacher......Page 53 Making the Dream Work through Team Work......Page 66 Developing a New Congregation in a Redeveloping Community......Page 76 Burdens of a Woman Pastor in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church......Page 78 Black Women’s Experiences as Sources for Pastoral Leadership......Page 81 Transforming a Merged Mission Church......Page 85 Keeping It Real......Page 98 4 Emerging Strategies of Transformative Pastoral Leadership in the Black Church......Page 108 The New Context of Black Urban Religion......Page 109 Two Tales of Transformation......Page 111 Strategies of Transformation......Page 113 Educating the People of God for Continuity and Change......Page 134 The Praxis of Congregational Adaptation......Page 137 5 Independent Black Methodist Systems as Contexts of Transformative Pastoral Leadership......Page 140 Comparing the Experiences of One Male and One Female Pastor......Page 141 The Itinerancy and Pastoral Tenure......Page 148 Vision and the Itinerancy......Page 149 The Upward Mobility of Women Clergy......Page 154 Fostering a Movement Mentality in Black Church Structures......Page 157 Conclusion......Page 162 Appendix A: Research Method......Page 164 Appendix B: Clergy Interviews......Page 172 Appendix C: Lay Leader Interviews......Page 174 Appendix D: Community Census Data......Page 178 Notes......Page 180 Bibliography......Page 202 E......Page 208 P......Page 209 W......Page 210