The Gospel Remix: Reaching the Hip Hop Generation

How can we understand"€"and reach"€"the hip hop generation?

Professor and preacher-turned-DJ Ralph Watkins offers sociological perspective, theological insight, biblical principles, and personal experience in addressing this topic. Contributors Jason Barr, Jamal Bryant, William Curtis, and Otis Moss III respond with candid ministry profiles of the hip hop pastor as prophet, father, peer, and model professional.

Ralph C. Watkins is assistant dean of African American Church Studies and associate professor of Society, Religion and Africana Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is also director of Christian education for First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles. An active teaching scholar, Dr. Watkins has more than 250 publications and conference presentations to his credit, and is the author of I Ain t Afraid to Speak My Mind. He holds a D.Min. from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.

Jason A. Barr Jr. is senior pastor at Macedonia Baptist Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and adjunct professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Geneva College. He holds an M.Div. from Duke University.

Jamal-Harrison Bryant is the founder and pastor of one the fastest growing AME churches in the nation, The Empowerment Temple in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to his role as pastor, Rev. Bryant served as the director of the NAACP's youth and college division. He holds an M.Div. from Duke University.

William H. Curtis is senior pastor of Mt. Ararat Baptist Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Curtis was elected president of the Hampton University Ministers Conference for 2007 and was a contributor to Outstanding Black Sermons, Volume 4 (Judson Press 2001). He holds an M.Div. from Howard University and a D.Min. from United Theological Seminary.

Otis Moss III is pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, IL. He is author of Redemption in a Red Light District, and has contributed to The African American Pulpit, Sojourners, and Urban Spectrum. Rev. Moss holds an M.Div. from Yale University.