The Whitewashing of Christianity by Jerome Gay

Gay challenges popular views that are historically unfounded and issues a challenge that needs to take place within the Christian church. Equips churches and organizations with ways to combat whitewashing and move in unity.Addresses the concerns of those that think Christianity is not an indigenous faith of people of African descent.Equips people on how to engage inaccurate claims of Christian history and slavery.Addresses claims from those that oppose Christianity with sources, Scripture and historical facts.Highlights African theologians, philosophers, teachers and martyrs.Presents a full narrative of redemptive history, which finds it roots in Africa.

Takes you on a historical, sociological, judicial and religious journey of how Christianity has been whitewashed - Addresses the negative effects of whitewashing and how many view Christianity as a religion of oppression.

You will be given countless references that chronicle what whitewashing is, how it has been maintained, the negative effects it has caused and more importantly, how we can stop it. Confrontational, but not combative, it details how the American church has helped create and maintain the false narrative that Christianity is a white man's religion and how it has presented almost every person in Scripture and most of Africa's theologians and martyrs as white men and women. The Whitewashing of Christianity is informative, insightful and inspirational, telling a history that's often hidden, ignored, revised or unknown. Jerome and his wife, Crystal, have two children.In order to save audiobooks to your Wish List you must be signed in to your account. He is the author of T he Whitewashing of Christianity and Renewal: Grace and Redemption in the Story, as well as the minibook, Talking to Your Children about Race. He has a vision to see gospel-centered churches and leaders raised up within the urban context. is the founding and teaching pastor of Vision Church in Raleigh, NC. By not shying away from this topic, we will be equipping our children as kingdom citizens who reflect Jesus to a polarized world. Learn tips for discussing issues of injustice and biblical reconciliation, as well as proactively engaging and learning from others from different ethnic backgrounds. equips parents for conversations about race, helping you take an active role in ensuring that your children are given a biblically rooted and gospel-saturated view of race and ethnicity. But are they hearing what God has to say in the Bible? It might seem easier to duck a hard, confusing subject, but your children are already learning about race from the world around them. Often parents don’t know what to say or how to say it.

A Biblical Framework for Honest ConversationsĬonversations about race and ethnicity can be uncomfortable.

The Whitewashing of Christianity by Jerome Gay