Praise for Holding Up Your Corner; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Willis "Bing" Davis; Epigraph; Contents; Preface: What Happened in My Corner; Acknowledgments; Epigraph; Introduction; Our Challenge as Church Leaders; What This Book Will (and Will Not) Do; The Structure of the Book; What Does "Holding Up Your Corner" Mean?; Part One: Unmasking Reality; Chapter One: Real Talk; Our God-Talk; Being Prophetic; The Hard Truth; Our Communities Are Trauma Patients; Chapter Two: Empathic Models of Transformation; The Story of the Paralytic; The Role and Responsibility of the Church.

Empathic Model of Transformation: Acknowledge, Affirm, ActPart Two: being EMT's; Chapter Three: Acknowledge; How We Got Here; Intersectionality; Injustice and Inequality Are Sin; The Problem with Privilege; Savior Mentality; Your Story, Your Biases; The Other's Story, Their Language; Chapter Four: Affirm; The Beautiful Church; Right Relationship: Unity amid Difference; Hearing and Hollering; How the Church Can Improve Its Hearing; The Picture; Affirmation as a Manifestation of Grace; Chapter Five: Act; How to ACT as a Preacher; How to ACT as a Leader; Six Values for Action.

The Action FrameworkUsing the Framework: An Example; Dare to Care; Conclusion; Part Three: Practical Helps; Suggested Next Steps; Suggested Next Step #1: Holding Up Your Corner: Guided Conversations about Race; Leading the Guided Conversation about Race; Suggested Next Step #2: Create an EMT Map of Your Community; A Guide to Language and Terminology about Race; Privilege Quiz: (from Holding Up Your Corner: Guided Conversations about Race); How to Get (and Stay) Connected; Recommended Resources for Reading, Watching, and Listening; About the Author; Editorial Acknowledgments.

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