Description
Editor Darryl D. Sims scores once more with this follow-up to his critically acclaimed first volume. Sound the Trumpet Again presents eighteen sermons, from some of the country's most prominent and prolific black pastors, that speak to critical issues facing black men today. Topics addressed with conviction and a sense of urgency include:
• The necessity of a black role model
• Maintaining strength in the struggle
• A call to fatherhood
• Having a vision and a voice
• Overcoming stereotypical images
• Saving black boys in America
• The real dangers of the "thug life"
• The crucial role of faith
Contributors to this "wake up call" to all concerned include:
• Charles G. Adams
• Johnny Ray Youngblood
• Tyrone P. Jones IV
• Joe S. Ratliff
• Lance Watson
• J. Alfred Smith Sr.
• Rodney Maiden
• Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.
• Frank A. Thomas
• Jim Holley
• Claybon Lea Jr.
• R. W. McKissick Jr.
• Harold Hudson
• Robert Charles Scott
• Gordon A. Humphrey Jr.
• Jamal-Harrison Bryant
• Frederick D. Haynes III
• Darryl D. Sims.
Author Bio
Darryl Sims was licensed to preach the gospel at Metropolitan Baptist Church in 1997 under Pastor H. Beecher Hicks Jr. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from Howard University School of Divinity in 1999. While at Howard he also served as a summer intern at Bronx Christian Fellowship in New York under the leadership of Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook. In May of 1999, Rev. Sims became the minister of men and evangelism at Mount Olivet Baptist Church under the leadership of Dr. Charles Booth, and was the coordinator of the church's afterschool program, designed to enhance the spiritual and educational development of male students at the elementary school level.
Sims became the senior pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church of Massillon, Ohio, in 2002, where he provided leadership for the spiritual, educational, and fiscal development of the congregation. The church's membership tripled within six months of his arrival. After serving this church, he was led to help churches on a national level increase their biblical literacy.
He became the national coordinator of pastoral relations for Urban Ministries, Inc., the nation's largest provider of African-American church training materials. He currently serves as the senior pastor of Everlasting Hope Baptist Church of Chicago, and he also owns his own book packaging company, MMGI Books.
Sims is the editor of four books of sermons by prominent black ministers. Through Sound the Trumpet: Messages to Empower African American Men (Judson Press, 2003) and its 2005 sequel, Sound the Trumpet, Again, along with Evangelizing and Empowering the Black Male and These Sisters Can Say It (MMGI Books, 2009), Sims has become nationally recognized as a conduit for providing spiritual and social renewal for black men. He has provided workshops around the country to empower and heal black men. He has also worked with a variety of schools and organizations in the areas of conflict resolution, academic achievement, and enhancement of racial pride.
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