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For God So Loved the World: A Blueprint for Kingdom Diversity

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, 2020
ISBN: 9781087798677
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Scripture captivates us by describing a people from “every nation, tribe, people, and language.” In pursuit of this kingdom vision, Christians have not always navigated America’s turbulent racial history in ways that honor others and glorify God. In For God So Loved the World, Dayton Hartman and Walter Strickland provide a blueprint for a better way, an invitation to Christ-centered diversity that is both descriptive and constructive. Chapters in the book examine the historical context of the American church and its efforts to cultivate racial justice and unity, then present a unifying public theology, and practical guidance for the journey. Convicting and hopeful alike, For God So Loved the World motivates readers to seek reconciliation in light of biblical warrant, personal sanctification, and the church’s corporate witness.

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  • Explores motivating factors to pursue reconcilation
  • Answers practical questions about how to pursue kingdom diversity in ministry
  • Provides an invitation to Christ-centered diversity that is both descriptive and constructive

Part 1 Historical Context

  • Introduction - Stephen Brett Eccher
  • The Shaping of the Western Christian Mind - Dayton Hartman
  • The Segregated States of America - Steven M. Harris
  • The 1995 Resolution on Race; the Defunding of the American Baptist College; Nashville, Tennessee; and the End of Southern Baptist Paternalism - Keith Harper

Part 2 Public Theology

  • Introduction - Josh Wester
  • Bearing Witness to a Whole-Life, Pro-Life Ethic - Bruce Riley Ashford
  • Welcoming the Sojourner Leads to Church and Community Renewal - Alan Cross
  • Apologetics in Twenty-First Century Evangelicalism - D. A. Horton

Part 3 A Practical Theology

  • Introduction - Jarvis J. Williams
  • Shepherding Toward Racial Reconciliation - Chris Williamson
  • Teaching Scripture with a Kingdom Hermeneutic - Walter R. Strickland II
  • Men and Women in the Body of Christ - Amber Bowen
  • Men and Women as Partners in the Gospel - Tony Merida
  • Tales from the Trenches - Daniel Im, Amy Whitfield, R. Marshall Blalock, and Dwight McKissic
  • Conclusion: In Pursuit of the Vision of the Lamb - Daniel L. Akin
In this volume, significant voices within the Southern Baptist Convention candidly engage the denomination’s turbulent past surrounding race and gender roles. The essays are at once historical, biblical, personal, and practical. These are not easy or comfortable discussions, but the authors write with an irenic spirit that should encourage ongoing dialogue and constructive change.

M. Daniel Carroll R., Blanchard Professor of Old Testament, Wheaton College

Oh, how our generation needs the mind and voice of Walter Strickland and Dayton Hartman! They have come to the rescue again. I have long wrestled with what I sense is a kind of theological imperialism imposed upon people of color in these yet to be United States. It’s a fragile matter handled with care and depth in these pages. We say that we believe that all mankind is made in the image and likeness of God. This text gives us a way to align our explicit theology with our implicit action. Read it and weep.

Charlie Dates, senior pastor, Progressive Baptist Church

The American church has not always loved people well, and as followers of Jesus, we have an opportunity to change this not only within our churches but within ourselves as well. To become people who seek true kingdom diversity by living our lives in a way that values all people. As someone who not only wants to love everyone well, and as someone who wants to teach others to love him well, I found this book to be a wealth of information and encouragement. There were parts of which I found myself reading over and over again, sometimes in disgust and sometimes in awe. Pick this book up only if you are willing to acknowledge where we have gone wrong and willing to forge a new path full of love, grace, and truth for all people made in the image of God.

Jamie Ivey, podcast host of The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey

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