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Author: Michele Andrea Bowen Publisher: Hachette+ORM ISBN: 0759524645 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 283
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Set in 1960s Mississipi, this novel is a powerful tale of love, faith, and finding your voice. Theophilus Henry Simmons is young, single, sexy, and just about the finest black man any wishful mother and daughter have ever seen in Charleston, Mississippi. He's also a pastor. And when he starts courting the quiet, homespun Essie Lee Lane-and she accepts his marriage proposal-a few of the church folk decide to teach Essie what it really means to be a pastor's wife, and show her how little she knows about them. But as Theophilus gains prominence in his denomination, Essie evolves from a mousy parishioner into an independent and Godly woman. Now sporting an afro and driving her new purple Cadillac, Essie teaches the church folk what it really means to stand by your man-and your beliefs.
Author: Michele Andrea Bowen Publisher: Hachette+ORM ISBN: 0759524645 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 283
Book Description
Set in 1960s Mississipi, this novel is a powerful tale of love, faith, and finding your voice. Theophilus Henry Simmons is young, single, sexy, and just about the finest black man any wishful mother and daughter have ever seen in Charleston, Mississippi. He's also a pastor. And when he starts courting the quiet, homespun Essie Lee Lane-and she accepts his marriage proposal-a few of the church folk decide to teach Essie what it really means to be a pastor's wife, and show her how little she knows about them. But as Theophilus gains prominence in his denomination, Essie evolves from a mousy parishioner into an independent and Godly woman. Now sporting an afro and driving her new purple Cadillac, Essie teaches the church folk what it really means to stand by your man-and your beliefs.
Author: Michele Andrea Bowen Publisher: Hachette+ORM ISBN: 0446569577 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 252
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From bestselling author Michele Andrea Bowen, the uproarious sequel to her hit novel Church Folk. It is now 1986, and the preachers of the Gospel United Church are preparing for their much-anticipated Triennial General Conference. The last time readers encountered the good Rev. Theophilus Simmons, he was a newlywed and the pastor of a modest-sized congregation in Memphis. Now he's the father of three and running a congregation in St. Louis. His best friend, Rev. Eddie Tate, is now with a fast growing church in Chicago, but he is getting real frustrated with the way things are run in the Gospel United Church. Marcel Brown and his father, Ernest, along with Sonny Washington and Bishop Larsen Giles have had two decades to perfect their slimy methods of "tapping" church funds and other misdeeds. Now they've found a secret weapon that will allow them to make fast money and accomplish what they failed to do 20 years ago--buy off enough power to dominate the entire denomination, put their cronies in key spots, and ransack the church like it is the spoils of war. It won't be long before the two opposing sides face off..."church-folk" style.
Author: Bernestine McGhee Ed.D. Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. ISBN: 1644927942 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 54
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Here are basically three reasons for writing this book: 1) To leave a legacy. 2) To present some personal church experiences. 3) To introduce actions on differing crimes against society. I have many thoughts and reflections on how I have been treated by church folk. One Sunday a mentor approached me and handed me a journal saying, "Here, you will need this to keep record of your journey." One day you will look back and wonder how you accomplished so much! For a while, I was journaling on a regular basis. Then it dawned on me to take notes or journal in church, so I could study more later. After looking back and reflecting, I was inspired to write a book. It is a way to share some awareness of church activities that can really leave you feeling disappointed. The revolution presently going on revealed unlawful acts, including some that have been questioned and shut down such as job and sexual harassment, along with fraternity initiation crimes. In my opinion, these are shameful acts against society. Our advanced and global world must not ignore these actions. Speak out, be heard even if it is your church folk.
Author: Dale P. Andrews Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press ISBN: 9780664224295 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 166
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Exploring the concept of church as refuge, offers a way to bridge the gap between black theology, with its social and political concerns, and black churches, with their emphases on pastoral care and piety.
Author: Stefan Höschele Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9047422686 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 644
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The growth of Christianity in Africa during the twentieth century is one of the most fascinating shifts in the history of religions. This book presents a history of the Tanzanian Seventh-day Adventist Church, which is representative of this shift in many respects: slow beginnings, struggles over cultural issues, the emergence of a unique church life combining denominational heritage and African elements, frictions with governments, and the development of popular theology. Yet Tanzanian Adventism also exemplifies an important phenomenon which has been given little attention so far - the transformation of minority denominations to dominant religions. This study breaks new ground in analyzing how the Adventist “remnant” developed into an African “folk church” while attempting to remain true to its original ethos.
Author: Michele Andrea Bowen Publisher: Walk Worthy Press ISBN: 9780446709644 Category : FICTION Languages : en Pages : 168
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When the members of the Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church prepare for its one-hundredth anniversary celebration, the unexpected death of the pastor sets the congregation at odds over who the replacement pastor should be.
Author: K.M. Lucchese Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc. ISBN: 9780819222893 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 324
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The lives of the saints are either too grisly for little kids or too saccharine for older ones. But this collection appeals to both groups with a combination of gentle humor and frankness – battle-tested at the author’s weekly chapel services at the school where she teaches. It’s organized into two full school years, with each saint’s story falling on or near his or her special day so that each story can be a springboard to a creative seasonal teaching unit or small festival. Saints represent a wide variety of ethnic and geographic backgrounds.
Author: Cassandra J. Aaron Publisher: WestBow Press ISBN: 1664233091 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 98
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Everywhere I turn these days, the descriptor of “SHAKING MY HEAD AT THESE CHURCH FOLKS” is being used. CHURCH FOLKS ARE MESSY. The church is messy, Discipleship is messy. CHURCH FOLKS lives are messy. FriendshipS is messy. Marriage is messy. FAMILIES ARE MESSY. Everything is messy.
Author: Michele Andrea Bowen
Author: Michele Andrea Bowen
Author: Michele Andrea Bowen
Author: Antoinette Marie Davis
Author: Bernestine McGhee Ed.D.
Author: Antoinette Marie Davis
Author: Dale P. Andrews
Author: Stefan Höschele
Author: Michele Andrea Bowen
Author: K.M. Lucchese
Author: Cassandra J. Aaron