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Resource: DVD (DVD9018) Not Forsaken: Growing Up Black, Male, and Christian in the Hood copy 3     
Author: Chris McNair
Publisher: Abingdon Press, 2021
Length: 35 mins
Subjects: African American; Christian Life/Discipleship; Men's Studies; Racism; Social Justice; Urban Ministry; Youth Ministry
Location: 6 - Anti-Racism
# Copies: 1
Description: This study encapsulates principles that author Chris McNair gleaned from successfully working with at-risk African American boys in the inner city during more than thirty years of ministry. The DVD, designed to accompany a small-group study of the book, features leadership helps from Chris as well as stories from Chris's graduates for use with youth. It can be used in flexible and creative ways in five-to seven-minute segments.

8 sessions:
1. Introduction (7:42)
2. Images of Christ (2:11)
3. Man UP (5:31)
4. Christian in My Context (2:50)
5. Just Wanna Be Happy (5:06)
6. How Do I Fit In? (2:20)
7. What Does It Mean to Be Black? (6:54)
8. Who I Am in Christ (2:20)

Includes DVD and a 179-page book, the last 40-plus pages of which is a leader's guide.

PLEASE DO NOT WRITE IN THE BOOK.

About the author: Chris McNair is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, Minnesota Annual Conference. He is executive director of Christ's Children Ministries, a grassroots urban ministry formed by Chris and his wife Lisa, serving unchurched children and families in urban Minneapolis.
Age Groups: High School; Young Adult; Adult (30-55); Adult (55+)


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