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Have you ever wanted to attend a speaking engagment or interact with an author so you could dive deeper into the words on the page? To get an understanding of exactly what took them in the direction to develop the book that you have so much interest in or just get a better understanding of what you have read? Well, now you have the chance to do just that!  Abingdon Press Leadership is bringing you an exclusive, can't miss opportunity, to join a virtual book club that will allow you to be in a personal setting and interact in live time with the author and other attendees. To ensure respectful interaction SPACE WILL BE LIMITED for each discussion and an understanding of the text will be required. Get ready to have the conversations and ask the questions with the developer of the content!

Featured title - Holding Up Your Corner by F. Willis Johnson 

 

When: August 4th, 2020 at 7pm CST

Topic: A Framework for Conversation: Finding and Living Your Way

             

When: August 11th, 2020 at 7pm CST                                                                   

Topic: Living Our WORK: Witness, Organization, Relational Power, Knowledge

             

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Interesting reads and listens from F. Willis Johnson 

USA Today Essay: 'We, too, are America':  How we can work together to overcome systemic racism

Facilitating Difficult Conversations

Race, Justice and the Church Podcast 

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Holding Up Your Corner

Holding Up Your Corner

By  F. Willis Johnson Published Jan 2017 ISBN: 9781501837593

Holding Up Your Corner: Talking About Race in Your Community, equips pastors to respond with confidence when crises occur, lower their own inhibitions about addressing this topic, and reclaim their authority as prophetic witnesses and leaders in order to transform their communities. Pastors and other church leaders...

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F. Willis Johnson

F. Willis Johnson

A third-generation educator, Rev. Dr. F. Willis Johnson is a spiritual entrepreneur. An elder in the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church, Johnson is a respected scholar-practitioner, fellow and author of Holding Up Your Corner: Talking About Race in Your Community.
Johnson holds fellowships at Bridge Alliance and Walker Leadership Institute-Eden Seminary. He is a former Vosburgh Visiting Professor of Ministry and Social Engagement at Drew University’s Theological School.
Currently, he is the leadership pastors Living Tree Church and adjunct faculty at Methodist Theological School of Ohio (MTSO).