Filling a need not previously addressed, African AmericanChurch Growth contends that it is the prophetic consciousness whichappeals to many blacks of the post-civil rights era, and that emphasis on theprophetic will help bring the black church out of the disillusionment of a"post-civil rights malaise."
Carlyle Fielding Stewart definesprophetic ministry as a concern for wholeness of the individual and community. Goingbeyond a simple call for social justice, the author addresses both spiritual andsocial tyrannies, within and without the church, that preclude church growth in ourcenter cities and rural communities. Dr. Stewart demonstrates with practicalexamples how tyranny can be overcome in thriving black churches.
