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National Press Release
Contact:
Vision Public Relations Group
E-Mail: coo@visionpublicityservices.com
February 29, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Founder
of Benjamin E. Mays Male Academy Authors Book Titled, Playbook for
Christian Manhood, For Black Teen Boys
 Atl., February 29, 2008
– Rev. Dr. James C. Perkins is well aware of the crisis
facing black teen boys in our society. Out of love and out of a
heart-felt concern for them, he has penned the book, Playbook for
Christian Manhood: 12 Key Plays for Black Teen Boys. This
new book will help navigate your teen sons through the ups and downs of
life, and will help set them on the right path to success and
productivity in their lives.
Rev. Perkins has taken a different route in addressing the problems
that black teen boys face by using football terminology
such as blocking and passing strategies. He discusses twelve essential lessons
for Godly character. Young black men will learn the following:
- Establish their own identity
- Identify their purpose
- Value education
- Protect their body
- Honor parents and respect girls
- Acknowledge authority
- Develop leadership skills
- Safeguard their sexuality
- Deal with disappointment
- Manage money
Here is what others have to say about Playbook for
Christian Manhood: 12 Key Plays for Black Teen Boys:
“As
a 25-year, urban youth ministry veteran wrestling continuously with
questions surrounding identity and character formation in adolescent
males, 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 that should increase their likelihood of success.”
—Rev.
Dr. W. Wilson Goode Sr., director of the Amachi program
Here is why Playbook for
Christian Manhood works:
- Easy for boys ages 11-15 to read and understand
- Uses football terminology boys will embrace
- Encourages boys to jot down thoughts, examples,
and action plans in their own personal playbook
- Invites teens to use their own life experiences
to navigate problems
- Same successful techniques used at the Benjamin
E. Mays Male Academy
 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 also the
author of
Building
Up Zion’s Walls: Ministry for Empowering the African
American Family (Judson Press, 1999).
Playbook
for Christian Manhood: 12 Key Plays for Black Teen Boys
is a perfect gift for the boys you love, especially for those
approaching 8th grade graduation!
For more information about Playbook for
Christian Manhood: 12 Key Plays for Black Teen Boys,
visit the publisher’s website, Judson Press at: www.JudsonPress.com.
For book-signings and speaking engagements, contact: Kim Shimer at marketing@judsonpress.com
or by calling 610-768-2458.
Playbook
for Christian Manhood: 12 Key Plays for Black Teen Boys
is available wherever fine books are sold, including: www.Amazon.com,
www.BarnesandNoble.com,
www.BooksAMillion.com,
and www.BlackCBD.com.
It is also available through distributors and bookstores everywhere. |
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