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In love & service,
Jamye Wooten
Kinetics
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Dr. Cynthia Hale: The power is not at the top
The senior pastor of Ray of Hope Christian Church says the future and power of the Disciples of Christ lies in the local congregation, in the people who move out in ministry and witness as the whole church.
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Bishop Sarah Davis: We must face honestly our state of affairs
Church leaders must be willing to hold themselves accountable for what's going on in congregations because wishful thinking won't help the church thrive in the future, says the AME bishop.Watch
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Dr. Gardner C. Taylor: Nobody will ever preach the gospel
 Pastors are in the peculiar position of having to speak a word that is too big, says the Rev. Gardner C. Taylor.Watch
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Understanding Black Theology: A 40-Year Retrospective
 May 12, 2008 Black Liberation Theology is a product of the black power movement of the 1960s. It provides the moral, ethical, and social foundations of black churches that share a social justice mission and traces its roots back to the original theology of Jesus Christ.
This forum presents a comprehensive survey of the origins, nature, character, and practice of Black Liberation Theology. This conversation is moderated by Rev. Dr. M. William Howard, Jr., Pastor of Bethany Baptist Church, and features guest speakers Dr. James H. Cone, the Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor, Union Theological Seminary; Dr. Dwight N. Hopkins, Professor of Theology, The University of Chicago Divinity School; Dr. Obery Hendricks, Professor of Biblical Interpretation, New York Theological Seminary; Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III, Pastor, Abyssinian Baptist Church; and Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., Senior Minister Emeritus of The Riverside Church, and other guests.
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Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman
Study Group
On November 26th I had the pleasure to sitdown with Rev. Heber Brown, III and Sis. Chabria Thomas and begin to lay the foundation for the Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman Study Group. We will begin meeting in January 2011 and will meet every 3rd Thursday at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church. 
We willl launch on January 20, 2011 @
Our special guest for this eveining will be none other than M.K. Asante, award-winning author, filmmaker, professor and producer of Motherland.
 Motherland (Enat Hager) is the most powerful documentary on Africa. Fusing history, culture, politics, and contemporary issues, Motherland sweeps across Africa to tell a new story of a dynamic continent.
From the glory and majesty of Africa's past through its complex and present history. Motherland looks unflinchingly toward a positive Pan-African future. With breathtaking cinematography and a fluid soundtrack, Motherland is a beautiful illustration of global African diversity and unity.
Upcoming Events
Jan. 20th- Motherland (Video)
Feb. 17th- Community of Self, by Dr. Naim Akbar (Book)
March 17th- The African Origin of Humanity (Video) by Dr. Kyles
April 21st- The Black Woman: An Anthology- Toni Cade Bambara
Location Pleasant Hope Baptist Church
430 E. Belvedere Avenue Baltimore, MD 21212
For more information contact:Jamye Wooten
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Kinetics Faith & Justice Network mission is to provide the faith community with the tools to advocate and mobilize on local, national, and international issues, to build capacity to solve our own problems, and to use dialogue as a catalyst for social change. Members include clergy, scholars, lawyers, social justice advocates, and nonprofit and business professionals.
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This Is An Advent Word (Part 3)
Special series on Advent by Dr. Yolanda Pierce
Part 1, Part 2
Our country is enmeshed in a nostalgia trap; a longing for a "traditional" era that never actually existed. We are nostalgic for a moment in history that reflects neither the reality of this own country, nor the reality of the world abroad. Contrary to conservative spin, for the past thousand years the vast majority of women have worked outside of the home - because the vast majority of women are poor and work to feed their families. Contrary to conservative spin, the vast majority of children have not been raised by a nuclear family, but in multi-generation households. It has always taken a village to raise a child. Family life has always been complicated, complex, and multi-faceted. An idyllic white picket fence of a nuclear family can conceal the worse of child abuse, just as the walls of single parent household in an inner-city housing project can conceal unconditional love and self-sacrifice.
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Dr. Yolanda Pierce is a tenured Associate Professor of African American Religion and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary. She holds a Ph.D. and a M.A. degree from Cornell University and undergraduate degrees from Princeton University. Dr. Pierce's research specialties include African American Religious History, Womanist Theology, African American Literature, and 19th Century American Culture.
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Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman
(Rev. Albert Cleage)
During the 1960s, many religious leaders, led by Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam, sharply criticized the methods and advances claimed by the civil rights movement. By far the most vocal Christian minister advocating a more radical approach to obtaining civil rights was Albert Cleage, Jr.
Albert Cleage was born in Indianapolis in 1911 and grew up in Detroit. He received his B.A. from Wayne State in 1942 and his Bachelor of Divinity from Oberlin Graduate School of Theology in 1943. Cleage was ordained in the Congregational Church in 1943.
After a brief-and disappointing-term as pastor at an integrated church in San Francisco, Cleage returned to Detroit in 1951 and served at St. Marks United Presbyterian mission. He soon clashed with white Presbyterian leaders over issues of how he should lead his black congregation. In 1953, Cleage and a group of followers left to form the Central Congregation Church. They were committed to ministering to the downtrodden, and offered several programs for the community's poor.
Throughout the 1960s, Cleage was active in issues of education and black political leadership. By the late 1960s, his vision of Christianity had radicalized alongside the disappointments of the civil rights movement and rise of Black Power. He launched the Black Christian National Movement in 1967, which called for black churches to reinterpret Jesus' teachings to suit the social, economic, and political needs of black people. That Easter, Cleage unveiled an 18-foot painting of a Black Madonna, and renamed Central Congregational the Shrine of the Black Madonna.
In 1968, following a year of racial unrest in Detroit, Cleage published The Black Messiah, which detailed his vision of Jesus as a black revolutionary leader. In 1972, he published his second book, Black Christian Nationalism, and inaugurated the Black Christian Nationalist Movement as a separate denomination. The name was later changed to the Pan African Orthodox Christian Church (PAOCC), and Cleage changed his own name to Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman, meaning "liberator, holy man, savior of the nation" in Swahili. The PAOCC includes churches in Atlanta, GA, and Houston, TX, several cultural centers, bookstores, community service centers, and a working farm.
Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman died on February 20, 2000. The PAOCC continues his mission to uplift and liberate the Pan African world community through the teachings of Jesus, the Black Messiah.
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About Us
... You will raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell. (Isaiah. 58:12)
Kinetics mission is to develop new ideas that work to strengthen social movements within the African-American community; bridging the gap between church and community and providing them with the tools and skills to pursue justice and better address the needs of those whom they serve.
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