num_pages: 384
description: "Freedman's vivid, wonderfully affecting book . . . is journalism of the highest order, a compassionate account of a year in the life of an extraordinary man, a charismatic Brooklyn preacher named Reverend Johnny Ray Youngblood, . . . . A sharply focused, triumphant hymn-shouting wonder of a book documenting the spiritual and worldly struggles of a people grappling with everyday realities that would test the convictions of a saint." — Entertainment Weekly  (A) " Upon This Rock  provides a route back to hope for all readers." — Christian Science Monitor In this widely acclaimed bestseller, Samuel Freedman, the author of  Small Victories,  tackles another explosive issue, this time race in America, by taking an in-depth look at the pastor of a thriving Black church in one of New York's most desperate slums.  
language: English
title: Upon This Rock : The Miracles of a Black Church
titlecomplete: Upon This Rock : The Miracles of a Black Church
genres: Nonfiction, Church, Religion, Theology
ratings_count: 67
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Helen Bernstein Book Award
category: Excellence in Journalism
publisher: Harper Perennial