Journey Towards Wholeness

A History of Black Disciples of Christ in the Mission of the Christian Church

af Brenda M Cardwell, m.fl.

With roots stretching to before the Civil War, the National Convocation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) today serves as the connection between African Americans and the Stone-Campbell Movement. Founders of the African American Convention movement were visionaries, coordinating the opposition to slavery, forced relocation of free African Americans to Africa, and a multitude of social ills. Following emancipation, organizations that later became the National Convocation worked to imp... (Læs mere)