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Smith, Efrem

Efrem Smith

Affiliate Assistant Professor of Black and Multiethnic Church Leadership

DMIN (Fuller Theological Seminary)
MA (Luther Theological Seminary)
BA (Saint John’s University)

Bio

Rev. Dr. Efrem Smith is a pastor, author, internationally recognized speaker, and multiethnic church consultant. He is the Co-Senior Pastor of Midtown Church in Sacramento, California and Co-founder of Influential LLC, a speaking, coaching, and consulting company. He is the author of The Hip Hop Church, The Post Black and Post White Church, and Church For Everyone. Rev. Dr. Smith teaches in the areas of preaching, reconciliation theology, contemporary African American theology, as well as multiethnic and urban church leadership.

Publications

Raising Up Young Heroes (InterVarsity Press, 2004)

The Hip Hop Church (InterVarsity Press, 2005)

Jump: Into a Life of Further and Higher (David C Cook, 2010)

Killing Us Softly (NavPress, 2017)

The Post Black and Post White Church (Fortress Press, 2020)

Church for Everyone (InterVarsity Press, 2024)