The Gathering, A Womanist Church
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A womanist church has great power to transform church and society, primarily because womanist theology centers the experiences of Black women while working for the survival and wholeness of all people and all creation. Experiences of the triple oppression of racism, sexism, and classism give Black women an epistemological insight into recognizing injustice and creating solutions that benefit all. The Gathering is unique, the only church founded and identified as «womanist,» applying womanist theology to the full life and worship of a church. The Gathering, a womanist faith community in Dallas, Texas, welcomes all people to partner in pursuing racial equity, LGBTQ equality, and dismantling PMS (patriarchy, misogyny, and sexism), following Jesus in liberating the oppressed and lifting up the marginalized. The Gathering, A Womanist Church tells the story of the birth and ongoing development of a womanist faith community. This book includes personal narratives of people transformed in this community, womanist co-pastors' sermons informed by their experiences and those of other Black women, and litanies for womanist worship.
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Irie Lynne Session. The Gathering, A Womanist Church
The Gathering, A Womanist Church
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Defining a Womanist Church
Creating a Womanist Church
Experiencing a Womanist Church
Womanist Sermons
Litanies for a Womanist Church
About the Contributors
Bibliography
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“What would happen if we had womanist churches? This question is best answered by those who are practicing womanist ecclesiology on the ground and critically reflecting on it from an organic, womanist theological perspective. The Gathering, A Womanist Church: Origins, Stories, Sermons, and Litanies is the first book on womanist ecclesiology. Written by Black women co-pastors and partners in ministry of the first womanist church, this book fills a void in constructive ecclesiology. The authors systematically answer theological and ministry questions such as: ‘What is a womanist church?’ ‘Why are womanist churches necessary?’ ‘Why now?’ ‘How does one go about creating a womanist church?’ and ‘What difference does a womanist church make to church and society?’ The Gathering is committed to a non-patriarchal, non-misogynist, and non-sexist ecclesiology. The authors demonstrate that it is possible to embody co-equality in all aspects of ecclesial structure, from its co-pastors and partners in ministry to the community in order to empower all people. If you have been wondering if womanist ecclesiology is more than a vague concept, here you will find stories of womanist church as a living reality. The authors share their scholarly knowledge and experiences of womanist church, biblical exegesis, sermons, and litanies to demonstrate that womanist church is a living reality and that the time for womanist churches to multiply is now. This book is a keeper for all who aspire to an ecclesiology that takes seriously Black women’s lives, Black women’s wisdom, and Black women’s church leadership in a world of crucifixion in which embodied, resurrected souls have the last word.”
—Dr. Karen Baker-Fletcher
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11. Womanist Institute, “What Manner of Woman.”
12. Smith, “Womanist Biblical Hermeneutics.”
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