The Next Normal^X: Why?
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As our country continues to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and the unrelenting barrage of social injustices Black people are facing, one thing has become clear to ministers and lay leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church: we cannot do church the way we have always done it. We now have an unprecedented opportunity to reimagine how we in Black ministries minister to and evangelize this disproportionately affected demographic.

While we hear often of the time when we can get “back to normal,” I think we can all agree: there is no going back to normal. Just as Jesus's evangelistic methods were a radical departure from the norm of His day, we too must now rethink much of what we have considered “normal evangelism.”

For this reason, I am excited to invite you to “The Next Normal ^X: Evangelism in the Age of COVID-19 and #BlackLivesMatter” - a series of carefully curated workshops designed for pastors, ministry leaders, and interested lay people - sponsored by the Southeastern California Conference’s Black Ministries Department, the North America Division of Seventh-day Adventists’ Ministerial Department, Breath of Live Television Ministries, Message magazine and hosted by the evangelist for Black Ministries.
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The Next Normal^X: When?

The Next Normal^X takes place on September 15 - 17, from 4 - 7:30pm PT. Connection details will be provided as we get closer to the date. Please invite those from your churches whom you believe will benefit from this experience.
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The Next Normal^X: Who?

The Next Normal^X speaker lineup includes Dr. Abraham J. Jules, Dr. Akua K. Boateng (licensed professional therapist), Pastor Brenda Billingy, Dr. Carlton P. Byrd, Claudia Marion Allen of Message magazine, Dr. Howard-John Wesley, Dr. Jesse Wilson, Jr., Bishop Walter S. Thomas, Sr. and Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson (Chairman of the Board for the National Action Network).


The Next Normal^X: What?

Experts in their fields will present on the following subject matter:

• The past, present and future of evangelism in the African American SDA context
• A framework for preaching that resonates with African Americans irrespective of age cohort and socio-economic background. 
• How a social justice hermeneutic should inform the programs of the Black church both externally and internally. 
• Surveying the practices that shaped the current incarnational / revival approach to church growth used in large Black Baptist churches. 
• How to form successful partnerships with non-SDA and non-religious organizations for community development and engagement. 
• Spiritual connection as an inheritance and its impact on personal and corporate evangelistic prayer.
• A historical sketch of the evangelistic adopted by African Americans and its impact, positive and negative, on those evangelized by it.
• The importance of understanding the mental health of the communities we hope to evangelize and spiritual by-pass as means for reaching them, in whatever psychological state we find them. 

The Next Normal^X: Questions?

If you have questions, email us at NextNormal@seccsda.org.

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