E-mail
Print
RSS
G-bookmarks
Live
TechnoratiRegarding the overall uplifting of black communities, Franklin calls the African American Methodists to take responsibility to leading the educational renewal of the entire village; the black Baptists to answer the call for leadership in assisting people that have been incarcerated to reenter the village with integrity and support; the black Pentecostals to step up to positive youth development, especially with the most at-risk youth. These three faith traditions target the majority of African Americans, Franklin noted Tuesday, as he called all other denominations to action.
Paraphrasing Franklin's call to renewal, Jim Wallis, author of God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It, said, "We won't get to social justice in this country without spiritual renewal ... until people have a change in their hearts."
Wallis believes that Crisis in the Village could help "change the conversation in America" as it speaks about culture today and presents real solutions.
As Sanders described the book, "It preaches and it teaches.
"But will it reach?"
Wallis believes it will.
revtheophilus »
Agree: 
Disagree: 
