Filled with the Spirit: Sexuality, Gender, and Radical Inclusivity in a Black Pentecostal Church Coalition

by Ellen Lewin

Book Overview

In 2001, a collection of open and affirming churches with predominantly African American membership and a Pentecostal style of worship formed a radically new coalition. The group, known now as the Fellowship of Affirming Ministries or TFAM, has at its core the idea of "radical inclusivity" the powerful assertion that everyone, no matter how seemingly flawed or corrupted, has holiness within. Whether you are LGBT, have HIV/AIDS, have been in prison,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022653720X
• ISBN13: 9780226537207
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"