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Author : Stacey B. Jones
Release : 2020
Genre : African Americans
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 502/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis (i)Pastor Hip-Hop by : Stacey B. Jones
Download or read book (i)Pastor Hip-Hop written by Stacey B. Jones. This book was released on 2020. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Efrem Smith
Release : 2012-04-08
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 727/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Hip-Hop Church by : Efrem Smith
Download or read book The Hip-Hop Church written by Efrem Smith. This book was released on 2012-04-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hip-hop is here. The beats ring out in our cities. Hip-hop culture is all around us: in the clothes youth wear, in the music they listen to, in the ways they express themselves. It is the language they speak, the rhythm they move to. It is a culture familiar with the hard realities of our broken world; the generation raised with rap knows about the pain. They need to know about the hope. Enter the hip-hop church. Like the culture it rises from, the hip-hop church is relevant and bold. And it speaks to the heart. In this book, pastors Efrem Smith and Phil Jackson show the urgency of connecting hip-hop culture and church to reach a generation with the gospel of Jesus Christ. They give practical ideas from their urban churches and other hip-hop churches about how to engage and incorporate rap, break dancing, poetry and deejays to worship Jesus and preach his Word. Hip-hop culture is shaping the next generation. Ignoring it will not reduce its influence; it will only separate us from the youth moving to its rhythm. How will they hear Christ's message of truth and hope if we don't speak their language? And how can we speak their language if we don't understand and embrace their culture? Hear the beat. Join the beat. Become the beat that brings truth and hope to a hungry, hurting generation.
Author : Stacey Jones
Release : 2018-07-15
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Book Rating : 259/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis I Pastor Hip Hop by : Stacey Jones
Download or read book I Pastor Hip Hop written by Stacey Jones. This book was released on 2018-07-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My dichotomy between Hip-Hop and the Church has appeared a conflict to many, but to me, it never has been. At the same time that I was falling in love with Hip-Hop, I was immersed and in love with the church. My introduction into Christianity is from the Black Pentecostal Tradition (Church of God in Christ). My life was quite busy as a young person; I played drums, sang lead in the junior choir, and attended Sunday school and Young People Willing Workers (YPWW). I had a strong love for both cultures, but I was told by the church that one could not mesh or intertwine Hip-Hop and the church, and so the lifelong conflict begins! Like many of our religious forefathers on western soil, we continue to shut out different forms of expression due to the fear of becoming "too worldly". Have we ever stopped to think that the issue is even deeper? Some of us want to control the move of God because it doesn't fit into our structure or programmed liturgy! However, during the early inception of Hip-Hop culture, people thought it was absurd and sacrilegious if Hip-Hop shared the stage and the microphone with the Church. Due to the church's rejection of Hip-Hop, the younger people from my generation started to develop a contempt towards people within the Christian Faith community. This contempt brought an even stronger divide, and it seemed as though this separation continued to perpetuate. Part of it has to do with the generational divide and the methodology.
Author : Ralph Basui Watkins
Release : 2011-10
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 11X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hip-Hop Redemption by : Ralph Basui Watkins
Download or read book Hip-Hop Redemption written by Ralph Basui Watkins. This book was released on 2011-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sociologist and pop-culture expert offers a balanced engagement of hip-hop and rap music, showing God's presence in the music and the message.
Author : Kenneth T. Whalum
Release : 2010
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 251/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hip Hop is Not Our Enemy by : Kenneth T. Whalum
Download or read book Hip Hop is Not Our Enemy written by Kenneth T. Whalum. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is easy to condemn hip-hop for the condition of our society, but as we condemn our own young people for being who they are, what role do we play in making them who they are, and what do we have to offer them as an alternative to who they are? Hip-Hop Is Not Our Enemy is an insider's critique of the Black church's role and responsibility in co-opting hip-hop culture. It is written by a Black Baptist Pastor who survived a church split that occurred because of his dedication to co-opting hip-hop culture. The final chapter serves as a how-to guide to preparing a sermon that will connect with the hip-hop generation.
