Woke Church
by Eric Mason | Book Summary
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Author: Eric Mason
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Black people have been subjected to racial injustice through slavery, Jim Crow laws, a corrupt prison system, police brutality, and other long-standing injustices such as redlining and other prejudicial practices. These impacts are felt by people of other nationalities and ethnicities, as well. Sadly, professing Christians have participated in some of this sinfulness. Others sat back, passively watching rather than speaking up and condemning these sinful actions. Today, however, there is no excuse. Rather than sitting on our hands, we need to wake up and be aware of what's been going on. As we acknowledge these sins in the church and church history, we need to be accountable to not repeat the past. We are called to be active and fight to look like the multiethnic church seen in Revelation. |
Dr. Eric Mason founded and currently pastors Epiphany Fellowship in Philadelphia, PA. His passion for the inner city has led him to found and preside over Thriving, which helps develop leaders to serve and be the light of Christ in urban areas. He is also a board member of Acts 29, and he trains church planters in America and abroad.
Mason is well-known for his books Manhood Restored and Unleashed. He has also been the pastor and mentor of several notable Christian hip-hop artists, including Shai Linne. Mason has also recently been very engaged in urban apologetics as he contends for the gospel against the Black Hebrew Israelites, 5 Percenters, and other urban religious cults.
Mason has written for The Gospel Coalition, Desiring God, and other notable Christian publications. He received his BS in psychology from Bowie State University, his ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary, and his DMin from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
Woke Church
by Eric Mason
[ Book Summary ]
| Author | Eric Mason |
| Publisher | Moody Publishers |
| Date | 2018 |
| Pages | 190 |
Overview:
Christian history in America has been bittersweet for black people and other minority groups. There has been a rich history of deep theology, great awakenings, and preaching from the early New England Puritans to today's pastor-theologians. However, there has also been a dark spot beneath the surface.
Black people have been subjected to racial injustice through slavery, Jim Crow laws, a corrupt prison system, police brutality, and other long-standing injustices such as redlining and other prejudicial practices. These impacts are felt by people of other nationalities and ethnicities, as well.
Sadly, professing Christians have participated in some of this sinfulness. Others sat back, passively watching rather than speaking up and condemning these sinful actions. Today, however, there is no excuse. Rather than sitting on our hands, we need to wake up and be aware of what's been going on.
As we acknowledge these sins in the church and church history, we need to be accountable to not repeat the past. We are called to be active and fight to look like the multiethnic church seen in Revelation.
Dr. Eric Mason founded and currently pastors Epiphany Fellowship in Philadelphia, PA. His passion for the inner city has led him to found and preside over Thriving, which helps develop leaders to serve and be the light of Christ in urban areas. He is also a board member of Acts 29, and he trains church planters in America and abroad.
Mason is well-known for his books Manhood Restored and Unleashed. He has also been the pastor and mentor of several notable Christian hip-hop artists, including Shai Linne. Mason has also recently been very engaged in urban apologetics as he contends for the gospel against the Black Hebrew Israelites, 5 Percenters, and other urban religious cults.
Mason has written for The Gospel Coalition, Desiring God, and other notable Christian publications. He received his BS in psychology from Bowie State University, his ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary, and his DMin from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.