We will have Reverend James C. Perkins on Kingdom Building with host Bishop Couzens!  We are excited to have him as a guest on our show.  His book is written to impart self-esteem and character in black teen boys age 12 to 17 and would be helpful to mothers raising them. If you are looking for help from an expert in this area, you will be interested in this show. His book is titled, "Playbook for Christian Manhood: 12 Key Plays for Black Teen Boys." Dr. Perkins is founder of the Benjamin E. Mays Male Academy in Detroit. This show will help listeners by providing a positive resource geared at helping black teens avoid becoming negative statistics. 

We will have on open discussion following the interview with Rev. Perkins.  Have your questions ready!

Please mark your calenders and join us Sunday October 19, 2008 at 4pm EST for a special Kingdom Building with host Bishop Couzens and guest Rev. James C. Perkins.

16.4% of Black teens have carried a weapon ¹
Among 10 to 24 year-olds, homicide is the leading cause of death of Blacks ²
Only 8% of young black men have graduated from college. ³
Young black men represent over 40% of the prison population. ⁴

Rev. Dr. James C. Perkins, founder of the Benjamin E. Mays Boys Academy, has responded to the national crisis affecting black teen boys. In Playbook for Christian Manhood: 12 Key Plays for Black Teen Boys, he has compiled a game plan for black males ages 11-15 that supplies twelve essential lessons that will take them from young boys to men of integrity and godly character.  Rev. Perkins offers these young men:

• An outline of life’s key "plays" including identity, purpose, and spirituality 
• Approaches to financial responsibility, relationships, sexuality, leadership, and more 

This playbook offers basic formation, blocking and pass strategies, and a view of the goal line!

The Author is an Expert in the Area of Black Teen Boys!

The Rev. Dr. James C. Perkins is founder of the Benjamin E. Mays Male Academy. He has served as senior pastor of Greater Christ Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan for twenty-five years. He has established numerous enterprises that support the Detroit community, including the Fellowship Nonprofit Housing Corporation. Dr. Perkins is the author of Building Up Zion’s Walls: Ministry for Empowering the African American Family (Judson Press, 1999). He is willing to participate in discussions on this critical issue, provide interviews, and write feature articles.

"I cannot imagine a better and more urgently needed book. . . Perkins' book responds to one of the critical issues of our time."
 -Dr. Bruce Main, President, Urban Promise Ministries

"Dr. Perkins has brilliantly woven real-life practical advice with proven research to present a roadmap for young African American males..."
 - Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode Sr., director of the Amachi program

ISBN: 978-0-8170-1525-1 Price: $14.00    Pub Date: February 2008 

Contact: Linda Peavy, Owner, LiPav Consulting, 216-262-1029, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Playbook for Christian Manhood is published by Judson Press, the publishing ministry of National Ministries, American Baptist Churches USA. 

1, 2 Centers for Disease Control 2006
3 U.S Census Bureau 2005
4 Department of Justice Statistics, May 2006 

The Reverend James C. Perkins, D. Min. Biography

The Reverend Dr. James C. Perkins was ordained to Gospel Ministry in 1974.  He has served as pastor of Greater Christ Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan for twenty-six years.  He received his Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio (1990, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Fellow). An internationally recognized minister, Dr. Perkins fulfills speaking engagements at churches, seminaries, and conferences across the United States and abroad.

He is the author of Building Up Zion’s Walls: Ministry for Empowering the African American Family and Playbook for Christian Manhood: 12 Key Plays for Black Teen Boys, published by Judson Press (Valley Forge, Pennsylvania), His other writings, as well as profiles of his ministry and details of his community activism, have been included in both secular and Christian publications such as Black Enterprise, USA Today, Ebony, American Baptist, The African-American Pulpit, several edited works published by Judson Press, and the best-selling Success Runs in Our Race by George Fraser.

Believing that the church has a responsibility to serve both the temporal as well as the spiritual needs of the surrounding community, Dr. Perkins has established numerous enterprises that support that vision.  In 1992, he founded the Fellowship Nonprofit Housing Corporation as a vehicle for community economic development.   In the spring of 2006, Providence Place was constructed.  This $10 million development provides fifty single family homes for low and middle income families.  Responding to the crisis he witnessed in the available educational options for young, urban African American males, Dr. Perkins instituted the Benjamin E. Mays Male Academy in 1993.  This Christian school for boys offers grades kindergarten through 6. 

In addition, Dr. Perkins has served on numerous boards.  He is currently serving as 2nd Vice President of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.  He is a past President of the Michigan Progressive Baptist Convention and member of the Detroit Baptist Pastors Council, Detroit Chapter NAACP, and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. 

He was also a recipient of the Ghandi, King, Ikeda Award, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA (2002), the Minister of the Year, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (2008), the Benjamin E. Mays Award, Howard University, Washington, D.C. (1999), the Charles Andrew Hill Achievement Award, Michigan Progressive Baptist Convention (1997), Who’s Who in Black Detroit (Inaugural Edition) and the Outstanding Church Leadership Award, American Baptist Churches of Michigan (2007).

Dr. Perkins is married to Linda Adkins Perkins and is the father of two daughters and the grandfather of one grandson.