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Examining the black churchs response to AIDS, Somebodys Knocking at Your Door: AIDS and the African-American Church analyzes sexual ethics and homophobia in the black church to provide pastors, social workers, and health professionals with intervention strategies for parishioners or members of the community who have AIDS. By discussing the churchs historic and successful activism and its relationship to the community, along with AIDS statistics, relevant theologies, and other AIDS ministries, this book suggests the benefits of increased church involvement versus other agencies or organizations. Somebodys Knocking at Your Door will help you develop prevention education and pastoral care programs that will alert individuals to the risks of AIDS and will offer people with AIDS the comfort and assistance they need in coping with the disease.Through the voices of leading clergy, AIDS advocates, and people living with AIDS (PLWAs), this book calls on the African-American church to become more involved in helping communities deal with the disease. Somebodys Knocking at Your Door offers you ideas on how to improve the lives of individuals with AIDS through the church, including:
- welcoming PLWAs into the church through announcements by local media, church newsletters, and Sunday bulletins
- offering AIDS support groups at the church or loaning office space, equipment, or clerical assistance to AIDS organizations
- recognizing the power of intercessory prayer for PLWAs
- caring for PLWAs by delivering meals to their homes, preparing meals at the church, and developing a transportation network that will take parishioners to doctor appointments, church, or on recreatioSu...
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