Powerful Drop in on a Convo At Central UMC ATL With Vance Ross And Earl Fisher on the Black Messiah

This is an excellent talk in the need for Black Theology and a clear understanding of White Supremacy and what it does to the church. Power understanding of the Black Messiah.  The Reverend Dr. Vance P. Ross presently serves as Senior Pastor of the Historic Central United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA., the “Church at the Heart of the City with the City at Heart.” Prior to his appointment to Central, Ross served as Director of Annual Conference Relationships for Discipleship Ministries, where he connected the agency with the annual conference. Reverend Earle J. Fisher, Ph.D. A Movement and Ministerial leader at the forefront of social justice and black liberation efforts in Memphis, TN, and beyond, As a community organizer, Pastor Earle co-organized the Memphis Grassroots Organizations Coalition in August of 2015.  Spearheading initiatives in criminal justice reform, media accountability, the removal of confederate monuments, and voter empowerment, Dr. Fisher formed #UPTheVote901 in November of 2017 to “give more political power to more people” and “increase voter turnout in Memphis and Shelby County.” Dr. Fisher is the 2019-2020 Henry Logan Starks Fellow at Memphis Theological Seminary and the 2020 Political Science Research Fellow at the University of Memphis teaching and studying Political Theology and Radical Black Politics.  Most of Dr. Fisher's work focuses on the African American Religious Rhetoric, Contemporary Rhetorical Theory, Black Liberation Theology, and the prophetic persona of Albert Cleage, Jr. He is a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, husband of one wife, Denise, father of one son, Jalen, believer in one God, and friend and mentor to many.  His Book Reverend Albert Cleage Jr. and the Black Prophetic Tradition: A Reintroduction of The Black Messiah considers how Albert Cleage Jr., in his groundbreaking book of sermons, The Black Messiah (1969), reconfigures the rules of the game as it relates to Christianity and the social political realities of Black people in Detroit and across the country. Taking a rhetorical approach, this book explores how and what The Black Messiah (1969) has contributed to the broader scope of Black Liberation Theology and Black religious rhetoric. Scholars of rhetoric, communication, religious studies, and African American history will find this book particularly useful.