This volume's contributors dynamic and progressive
African American church leaders advocate the
prophetic powers of black theology, preaching, and evangelism
in support of community and economic development,
ministerial and lay leadership, and enhancement of church
life.
Among the writers are Charles G. Adams, Randall C. Bailey,
James H. Cone, James A. Forbes, Jacquelyn Grant, Obery
Hendricks, Asa G. Hilliard, Dwight N. Hopkins, Cecil
Murray, and Gayraud Wilmore. All were presenters
in 2004 at the first Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference,
established to reinvigorate the social justice agenda of
America's black churches.