There Is More Church at the Beach Than Church at Church

-Ralph Watkins
Assistant Dean of the African-American Church Studies Program and Associate Professor of Society, Religion, and Africana Studies
e-mail: rwatkins@fuller.edu
phone: 626-584-5591
Education:
AA, American River Junior College
BA, California State University at Sacramento
MA, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
DMin, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Biographical Information:
Ralph Watkins is the assistant dean of the African-American Church Studies Program and associate professor of society, religion, and Africana studies in the School of Theology. His work focuses on building bridges between young adults and the church in order to develop future leaders for the African-American church.

With over 20 years of pastoral, teaching, and administrative experience, Watkins is an active teaching scholar and has over 250 publications and conference presentations to his credit. He is author of the books The Gospel Remix: Reaching the Hip Hop Generation (2007) and I Ain’t Afraid to Speak My Mind (2003). His most recent book Jay Z to Jesus: Reaching and Teaching Young Adults in the African American Church which he co-authored with Benjamin Stephens is helping thousands of congregations around the country effectively reach young adults in urban centers. His new book Successful Pastoral Transitions in the African American Church is due to be released in June of 2010 from Judson Press.Less »