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Amy L. Williams
Youth ministry veteran Amy Williams ministers to teens involved in gangs and those lost in the criminal justice system with a key strategy of life-on-life mentoring. As a certified gang intervention specialist, she heard God's call to move into aLatino gang neighborhood in Chicago's Humboldt Park community to be a "Hope Dealer" doing street outreach and walking life with young people on her block. Amy is project coordinator at New Life Centers, bringing in restorative justice programming toyouth at juvenile prisons. Amy has been a youth pastor, a reentry coordinator, and a youth mentor and advocate. She is a graduate of both University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and National Louis University. She resides in Chicago and loves salsa dancing and is a true beach baby.
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Authors of color bring important perspectives to their work, with insights and wisdom for every reader on the most important conversations happening today. On this page, you'll learn more about our authors of color and their books. You'll also find articles, videos, and podcasts where you can hear directly from these diverse voices as they share more about their books and the impact that they are having in the church and the world.
PaperbackLatin American Theology from the Ground Up
A Study in the Lived Experiences of the Nicaraguan Church
by Norlan Josué Hernández Blandón
Building a theological framework requires not only careful and robust engagement with ideas, but also deep attention to the social, economic, and cultural contexts in which faith takes shape.
What happens when theology emerges not from academic ivory towers but from the struggles and triumphs of everyday faith communities?
In Latin American Theology from the Ground ...
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Dr. Manuel "Manny" Ortiz, respected urban missionary, educator, and church planter, passed away on February 8, 2017. Ortiz served as the professor of ministry and urban mission and as director of the urban program at Westminster Theological Seminary. He was the founder and senior pastor of Spirit and Truth Fellowship (Christian Reformed Church) and the codirector of the CRC Philadelphia Initiative for Church Planting.
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Esau McCaulley, assistant professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, has signed a contract with InterVarsity Press to be the editor for a new series tentatively titled The Fullness of Time: A Journey Through the Church Year.
HardbackForty Days on Being an Eight
Enneagram Daily Reflections
by Sandra Maria Van Opstal
Series edited by Suzanne StabileWhat is it like to be an Enneagram Eight?
"Fósforito! The explosion happened so quickly there was no stopping it. My mother called me 'tiny match' when she would see this fire exploding from me." This is how Latina pastor, activist, and worship leader, Sandra Maria Van Opstal, describes her experience as an Eight. There came a point in her life when she saw how her ...
Number of Studies: 40
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Leopoldo A. Sánchez M.
Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. (PhD, Concordia) is the Werner R. H. and Elizabeth R. Krause Professor of Hispanic Ministries, professor of systematic theology, and director of the Center for Hispanic Studies at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. He is the author of Receiver, Bearer, and Giver of God's Spirit: Jesus' Life and Mission as a Lens for Theology and Life and the coeditor (with M. Daniel Carroll R.) of Immigrant Neighbors Among Us: Immigration Across Theological Traditions.
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Christine A. Colón
Christine A. Colón (PhD, University of California at Davis) is professor of English at Wheaton College. She is the author of Joanna Baillie and the Art of Moral Influence and Writing for the Masses: Dorothy L. Sayers and the VictorianLiterary Tradition. She is also the coauthor of Singled Out: Why Celibacy Must Be Reinvented in Today's Church.
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L. Michael Morales
L. Michael Morales is professor of biblical studies at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Taylors, South Carolina. He is the author of Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord? and The Tabernacle Pre-Figured.
