In darkness with God
Subtitle: the life of Joseph Gomez, a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church
By: Annetta Louise Gomez-Jefferson.
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
Subjects: Gomez, Joseph, 1890-1979.; African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Clergy -- Biography.; Bishops -- United States -- Biography.
Description: Joseph Gomez (1890-1979) was a charismatic minister who rose through the ranks of the African Methodist Episcopal Church to be ordained a bishop in 1948. He was also a teacher, civil rights pioneer, scholar, writer, and humanitarian. His daughter, Annetta L. Gomez-Jefferson, has drawn on letters, journals, and church records to write a biography of Joseph Gomez and a history of the age in which he lived.

More than a biography, In Darkness with God is a history of Black life during the early part of the century and a chronicle of the political and religious struggles of the first autonomous Black church in the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-423) and index.