Moving the rock
Subtitle: poverty and faith in a Black storefront church
By: Mary E. Abrums.
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780759113190; 9780759113213
Subjects: African American women -- Washington -- Seattle -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A short history; title: Morning Sun Missionary Baptist Church; title: Morning Sun Church and its leaders; title: The family; title: Motherhood : "somebody prayed for me"; title: The women of Morning Sun Church; title: The Lake family; title: Molly Lake Lander : "I guess I have to go to Jesus"; title: Caren Lake : "having a dream"; title: Mahalia Lake : "I don't ask the Lord to move the mountain, just give me the strength to climb it"; title: Mable Jackson; title: Mable Jackson : "all I asked the Lord for was a man with a cigarette and a job"; title: The Jones family; title: Betty Jones : "I like to go!"; title: Joann Jones Newton : "when God comes, he's getting some of every race"; title: Marie Jones Smith : "getting that made-up mind"; title: Linda Wilson, Marie's daughter : "all these years I have become stronger"; title: The research process; title: The research, the women, and me.