A Pastor's Model for Transforming Disengaged African American Men through Incarnational Formation in the Black Baptist Churches of Hampton Roads, Virginia
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A Pastor's Model for Transforming Disengaged African American Men through Incarnational Formation in the Black Baptist Churches of Hampton Roads, Virginia
Yazar:
Hill, LeRoy, Jr., author.
ISBN:
9780438123908
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1 electronic resource (300 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11(E), Section: A.
Advisors: James Flynn Committee members: Dwight Riddick, Sr.
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The goal of this work is to explore the pastor's incarnational formation and its influence on the disengaged men of African American Baptist churches in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Over the years, African American Baptist churches have been therapeutic institutions fostering a culture of psychological freedom, social development, emotional and mental health, and self-esteem for their parishioners. They have also functioned as extended spiritual and physical family networks, often establishing bonds among their members that are stronger than those of their biological families. African American Baptist churches were the cultural incubators for several expressions of American genius. Their members have significantly impacted all areas of global human existence through their extraordinary gifts, skills, and abilities. However, the influence of African American Baptist churches has steadily declined over the years.
The author researched incarnational formation and discovered how various leaders, chosen by God, did and can impact the lives of their male followers. For the purpose of this dissertation, incarnational formation is defined as "a constant and deliberate consciousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, which includes thinking of His image and actions before God and humanity. Or, it is the identity and witness of the Lord Jesus Christ in humanity." In the biblical and post-biblical contexts, there have been relational realities of some kind that impacted the lives of both leaders and followers.
These and other realities facing the contemporary African American Baptist church bear asking this question: "Does the incarnational formation of pastors influence the lives of the disengaged African American men who participate in the Black Baptist churches in Hampton Roads, Virginia?"
The author chose a mixed methods approach (qualitative and quantitative) for this ministry intervention, which consisted of pastoral interviews (10), laity surveys -- Likert scale (23) and a transformational model developed as a result of the information gathered from the interviews of the pastors in African American Baptist churches in Hampton Roads, Virginia. The intervention consisted of eight sessions of the G.R.O.W.T.H. model facilitation. The results were favorable. Disengaged Black men became engaged participants within the local church -- through salvation, study, service, and witness.
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School code: 1058
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