JustFaith, a thirty-week adult educational and formational process, offers an opportunity for people of faith to embark upon a spiritual journey into compassion. Most of us long to be a generous and compassionate people. However, occasions to explore this tradition in a deliberate and engaging way have largely not been available. JustFaith provides a lively and challenging format to read, view, discuss, pray, experience and be formed by the justice tradition that changes lives, inspires faithful witness, and transforms the world through love and service. JustFaith is an extensive, conversion-based process that provides a context in which participants can grow in their commitment to care for the vulnerable and to become advocates for justice, and serves to strengthen the growing commitment of churches to be agents of social transformation, mercy and compassion. The JustFaith program has been offered in over nine hundred churches from a variety of denominations in thirty-seven states throughout the country.

This kit contains all the resources (23 books and videos) needed for teaching the JustFaith class. Participants will need to purchase individual copies of each book, available through Sowers Books. Videos are for in class viewing. Optimum class size is limited to 10-12 students.

For more information about the JustFaith program, visit www.justfaith.org, or email at: info@justfaith.org.

Highly regarded pastor Floyd Flake, his wife co-pastor author Elaine Flake, and church chief financial officer Edwin Reed offer a design based on key needs in the black church, and their experience at one of the nation's most respected and largest black churches, Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral in New York. This unique, detailed, and thorough resource for black churches of any denomination covers virtually all aspects of church management from the theoretical and theological to the practical "nuts and bolts"of church administration.
Appendices includes: Sample Mission Statement, Sample Constitution and Bylaws, Strategic Plan Checklist, Excerpts from the Greater Allen Emplyee Manual, Sample Event Budget, Sample Church Budget, Recommended Resources.

This video explores the 200-year history of blacks in Methodism, highlighting significant church sites, insights of prominent black historians and church leaders, and the formation of Black Methodists for Church Renewal (BMCR). Experience this rich history through art, music and people.
Particular attention is devoted to the origins of Black Participation in the Methodist movement, to John Wesley's association with African converts, to Methodism's long struggle with segregation and issues of racial inclusiveness, to the commitments and contributions of African Americans to United Methodism, and to the mission priorities that confront Black United Methodists as they seek to remain vital and relevant today and in the future. The video is best understood when broken down into various historical periods.

This volume's contributors--dynamic and progressive African American church leaders--advocate the prophetic powers of black theology, preaching, and evangelism in support of community and economic development, ministerial and lay leadership, and enhancement of church life. All of them were presenters in 2004 at the first Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, established to reinvigorate the social justice agenda of America's black churches.

This video tells the nearly forgotten story of a courageous group of blacks and white who withstood bullets, bombs and boycotts in the years leading up to the tumultuous Civil Rights era. Narrated by former Atlanta Mayor and Civil Rights veteran Andrew Young, this one-hour documentary examines the remarkable personalities and events of Koinonia Farm. See how Koinonia survived the battles in integration, changed the lives of generations to come and planted the seeds for the global work of Habitat for Humanity International. This story shows a compelling chronicle of heroic humility and uncommon courage that echoes to the present day.

In this study, Brian Blount reads the book of Revelation through the lens of African American culture, drawing correspondences between Revelation's context and the long-standing suffering of African Americans. Applying the African American social, political, and religious experience as an interpretive cipher for the book's complicated imagery, he contends that Revelation is essentially a story of suffering and struggle amid oppressive assimilation. He examines the language of "martyr" and the image of the lamb, and shows that the thread of resistance to oppressive power that runs through John's hymns resonates with a parallel theme in the music of African America.

This kit is for sunday school, morning worship, or other special Black History programs. Kit contains: Book by Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. titled "Africans Who Shaped Our Faith: A Study of 10 Biblical Personalitites" with leader's guide; Theme banner, Posters, Bulletins, Blacks in the Bible (pictures and explanation); Responsive Readings; Skits; Crafts; Crossword puzzles. The book can be used for personal study or group study. The companion Leader's Guide contains a discussion guide for each chapter, with questions and answers to exercises contained in the student book.
(Urban Ministries, Inc, c1995)

This is the book everyone has been waiting for - an inspiring celebration of the joy, challenges, and triumphs of being African American. This book captures the spirit of the community through inspiring storytelling that understands both the struggles and joys of being African American. From Jim Crow to the Civil Rights movement to today's business leaders and gangsta culture, this book is a primer on black history. And like all Chicken Soup books, it's a moving tribute to the small things-a moment of insight, a mentor, a lover, the loss of innocence - that make life worth living.

Images and witness from a land in struggle and its people in search of their destiny highlight this interactive video. Featured are the testimony and experience of such persons as Desmond Tutu, Allan Boesak, Winnie Mandela, Beyers Naude, Frank Chikane, Evelyn Mahlatsi, Thabo Mbeki, and T. Simon Farisani. This resource will help participants discover for themselves the reality of the freedom struggle in South Africa today. The video is arranged in seven segments, each about ten minutes long, which are thoroughly integrated into the flow of "Until We are Free," the study guide to the book, SOUTH AFRICA'S MOMENT OF TRUTH (Friendship Press). A "suggestions-for-use" brochure is included with the video. An on-tape narrator also guides participants through this important and moving material.

Renowned for preaching and the growth of his church, Cathedral International, from 125 members to over 7,000 today, Bishop Donald Hilliard shows church leaders how to grow spiritually healthy congregations. He begins by offering an understanding of healthy church growth, defines the mega-church phenomenon, and alerts leaders to the need to be aware of healthy vs. unhealthy church growth. In his section on having the right foundation, issues such as vision, the centrality of Christ, biblical preaching, the priority of holy living, sound doctrine, being people-oriented rather than program-oriented, the importance of tithing, and good Christian education are lifted up and discussed as tools.