Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US

by Lenny Duncan

Book Overview

Lenny Duncan is the unlikeliest of pastors. Formerly incarcerated, he is now a black preacher in the whitest denomination in the United States: the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Shifting demographics and shrinking congregations make all the headlines, but Duncan sees something else at work--drawing a direct line between the church's lack of diversity and the church's lack of vitality. The problems the ELCA faces are theological,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1506452566
• ISBN13: 9781506452562
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"