- James Emery White
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For other people named James White, see James White (disambiguation).
- Not to be confused with author and theologian James R. White.
James Emery White is the founding and senior pastor of Mecklenburg Community Church in Charlotte, North Carolina; President of Serious Times, a ministry which explores the intersection of faith and culture; and from July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007 served as the fourth president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
Dr. White holds a B.S. degree in public relations and business from Appalachian State University, and the M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he was awarded a Garrett Teaching Fellowship in both New testament and Theology. He has also done advanced university study at Vanderbilt University in American religious history, and continuing education at Oxford University in England, including participation in Oxford's Summer Programme in Theology.
James Emery White is the author of over a dozen books, including such Gold Medallion nominees as "Serious Times" and "A Search for the Spiritual", Christianity Today book-of-the-year award winner "Embracing the Mysterious God", as well as "The Prayer God Longs For and Rethinking the Church.
In November 2009, White signed an ecumenical statement known as the Manhattan Declaration calling on evangelicals, Catholics and Orthodox not to comply with rules and laws permitting abortion, same-sex marriage and other matters that go against their religious consciences.[1]
White has a blog that can be found on Christianity.com. Dr. James Emery White
Bibliography
- Christ Among the Dragons: Finding Our Way Through Cultural Challenges (Downers Grove, InterVarsity Press, 2010) ISBN 0-8308-3312-2
- Wrestling with God: Loving the God We Don't Understand (Downers Grove, InterVarsity Press, 2008) ISBN 0-8308-3363-4
- A Mind for God (Downers Grove, InterVarsity Press, 2006) ISBN 0-8308-3392-4
- Serious Times: Making Your Life Matter in an Urgent Day (Downers Grove, InterVarsity Press, 2005) ISBN 0-8308-3380-1
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