The fight is on in Texas
Subtitle: a history of African American Churches of Christ in the Lone Star State, 1865-2000
By: Edward J. Robinson.
Publisher: Abilene Christian University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Abilene, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780891125327; 9780891125334
Subjects: Keeble, Marshall, -- 1878-1968; Churches of Christ -- Texas -- History; Churches of Christ -- Biography; African Americans -- Religion
Genres: Biography
Description: The "fight" waged by leaders in African American Churches of Christ was against religious error. Out of that "fight" emerged a growing network of congregations that have reached throughout Texas. (Publisher).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-214) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: the fight is on in Texas; title: pt. 1. From Disciples of Christ to Churches of Christ. The mother church: the Antioch Church of Christ in Midway, Texas; title: "Texas is a hard field": forgotten trailblazers in African American Churches of Christ; title: "A natural born killer": K.C. Thomas and the rise of African American Churches of Christ in Dallas; title: pt. 2. The legacy of Marshall Keeble in Texas. The Keeble invasion: Marshall Keeble's evangelistic endeavors in the Lone Star State; title: "Nothing can overcome the word of God": Luke Miller and the rise of African American Churches of Christ in East Texas; title: Out on the firing line: L.H. Alexander, F.A. Livingston, and the rise of African American Churches of Christ in west Texas; title: pt. 3. The legacy of G.P. Bowser in Texas. Standing on apostolic ground: G.P. Bowser, the Christian echo, and the division between African American Churches of Christ and Disciples of Christ in Texas; title: "A fighter from the heart": J.S. Winston and the quest for leadeship in African American Churches of Christ in Texas; title: "Just want to be the white man's brother": R.N. Hogan and the race problem in Churches of Christ; title: pt. 4. The education of black Disciples of Christ and black Churches of Christ in Texas. The Booker T. Washington of Texas: J.N. Ervin and the Jarvis Christian Institute experience; title: "A young Moses arose": Jack Evans and the legacy of Southwestern Christian College; title: "Hard-fighting soldiers": African American Churches of Christ in Texas in the twenty-first century.