Black Church Beginnings

<DIV><I>Black Church Beginnings</I> 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.<br style=color: rgb(57 49 19); font-family: Verdana Arial sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(248 245 238); /><br style=color: rgb(57 49 19); font-family: Verdana Arial sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(248 245 238); />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.<br style=color: rgb(57 49 19); font-family: Verdana Arial sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(248 245 238); /><br style=color: rgb(57 49 19); font-family: Verdana Arial sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(248 245 238); />Original in its subject matter and singular in its analysis Mitchell's <I>Black Church Beginnings</I> makes a major contribution to the study of American church history.<br style=color: rgb(57 49 19); font-family: Verdana Arial sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(248 245 238); /></DIV>