Highly regarded
pastor Floyd Flake, his wife co-pastor author Elaine
Flake, and church chief financial officer Edwin Reed
offer a design based on key needs in the black church,
and their experience at one of the nation’s most
respected and largest black churches, Greater Allen
A.M.E. Cathedral in New York. This unique, detailed, and
thorough resource for black churches of any denomination
covers virtually all aspects of church management from
the theoretical and theological to the practical “nuts
and bolts” of church administration. The authors include
a special section offering principles for economic
development, an area in which Greater Allen A.M.E.
Cathedral has experienced extraordinary
success.
The African American
Church Management Handbook is sure to find a permanent
place on the desks of African American pastors,
seminarians, and church leaders for many years to come.
“This book is a
valuable resource for churches seeking to do sacred work
in secular context.”
— Michael A. Battle, President, Interdenominational
Theological Center
Pastor Flake's book can be purchased at
the following locations:
Judson Press
Amazon.com
Barnes and Noble
African American Church Management Handbook
About the
Authors
Floyd Flake is the senior pastor of the 20,000+
member Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral in Jamaica, NY. He is
the current president of Wilberforce University in
Wilberforce, OH, the nation’s oldest private African
American university. For ten years, Flake served in the U.S.
Congress, and is now a commissioner on the President’s
Commission on Excellence in Special Education.
Preaching since
the age of 15, Flake holds a B.A. from Wilberforce
University, and a D. Min. degree from the United Theological
Seminary in Dayton, OH. He is author of The Way of the
Bootstrapper (HarperSanFrancisco).
Elaine Flake is co-pastor of the Greater Allen A.M.E.
Cathedral. She is the co-founder with her husband, Floyd
Flake, of the Allen Christian School in Jamaica, NY, and
they collaborated to write Practical Virtues (Amistad). She
is the author of God in Her Midst, and has contributed to
Those Preaching Women, Volume 4 (Judson Press). Her several
degrees include a M. Div. from Union
Theological Seminary in New York, and D. Min. from United
Theological Seminary.
Edwin Reed is the Chief Financial Officer for Greater
Allen A.M.E. Cathedral where he manages the financial
operations of the ministries and eleven affiliated
corporations. A former senior executive with General Motors,
he holds a M. Div. degree from Virginia
Union University and a M.B.A. degree from Harvard
University.
Contact:
Linda M. Peavy,
Associate Publisher and Marketing Manager, Judson Press
610-768-2114
linda.peavy@abc-usa.org
