Bibliograph

Black church beginnings, the long-hidden realities of the first years, Henry H. Mitchell

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Black church beginnings, the long-hidden realities of the first years, Henry H. Mitchell

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Black church beginnings

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Henry H. Mitchell

Sub title

the long-hidden realities of the first years

Summary

Black Church Beginnings provides an intimate look at the struggles of African Americans to establish spiritual communities in the harsh world of slavery in the American colonies. Written by one of today's foremost experts on African American religion, this book traces the growth of the black church from its start in the mid-1700s to the end of the nineteenth century.As Henry Mitchell shows, the first African American churches didn't just organize; they labored hard, long, and sacrificially to form a meaningful, independent faith. Mitchell insightfully takes readers inside this process of development. He candidly examines the challenge of finding adequately trained pastors for new local congregations, confrontations resulting from internal class structure in big city churches, and obstacles posed by emerging denominationalism.Original in its subject matter and singular in its analysis, Mitchell's Black Church Beginnings makes a major contribution to the study of American church history

Target audience

adult

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