Beyond the Suffering: - Cornerstone Community Church



Celebrating the Heroes of Black Church History: Hebrews 12:1-3

The Big Idea: Heroes of the Faith Leave Us a Legacy of Looking to Jesus

The Big Picture: God’s Story Guiding Our Story

➢ Our Story/Our Calling: God Has Not Placed Us Here by Accident!

➢ My Story/My Calling: Co-Authors and Co-Editors

➢ The Bible Story/The Black Church History Story: Learning from Our Great Cloud of Witnesses—Hebrews 12:1-3

❑ Surrounded by a Great Cloud of World-Class Spiritual Witnesses

❑ Learning from the Legacy of World-Class Spiritual Witnesses: Look to Jesus!

I. Encouraged to Leave a Lasting Family Legacy: Christian Family Life

A. Honoring the African American Family: Hardships Do Not Make It Too Hard to Love

B. Honoring the African American Marriage: Pulling the Rope in Unison

C. Honoring the African American Father: Finding Spiritual Freedom in Christ

D. Honoring the African American Mother: Pointing to the Father of the Fatherless

II. Encouraged to Leave a Lasting Male Legacy: Christlike Founding Fathers

A. Reverend Lemuel Haynes: An Epitaph Worth Living For—Hebrews 12:2-3

B. Reverend Absalom Jones: God Sees and Saves—Exodus 3:7-8

C. Reverend Daniel Alexander Payne: A Manly Man of God—Daniel 1

III. Encouraged to Leave a Lasting Female Legacy: Christlike Sisters of the Spirit

A. Sister Octavia Albert: Sharing Christ in Suffering—Jesus with Skin On!

B. Sister Charlotte Brooks: Finding Christ in Suffering—Filled with the Love of Jesus

C. Sister Maria Stewart: Clinging to Our Identity in Christ—In the Image of God

➢ The Final Picture: Healing Hope Is Future Hope—Revelation 7:9-10

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