Black Churches in Texas
Subtitle: A Guide to Historic Congregations (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas a & M University)
Edition: 1 Ed edition
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: April 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780890969021
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Cultural studies; Early Church; c 1800 to c 1900; Religion; Black Theology; Religion - Church History; History: American; Texas; Christianity - History - General; Christian Theology - General; African American churches; History
Description: "In Black Churches in Texas, Clyde McQueen catalogues 375 black congregations, each at least one hundred years old, in the parts of Texas where most blacks were likely to have settled - east of Interstate Highway 35 and from the Red River to the Gulf of Mexico. Ninety-nine counties are divided into five regions: Central Texas, East Texas, the Gulf Coast, North Texas, and South Texas.

For each congregation, McQueen provides the year it was organized, the county and town where it is located, and an address or directions for finding it; any other history, lore, or facts available are also given. Information was gathered from interviews, church bulletins, special church programs, historical markers, and building cornerstones."--BOOK JACKET.