Shattering the Illusion: How African American Churches of Christ Moved from Segregation to Independence nt by Gordon Dabbs

by Gordon Dabbs

senior minister

twenty-four years as a Christian counselor

worship leader

Shattering the Illusion: How African American Churches of Christ Moved from Segregation to Independence nt by Gordon Dabbsby Wes Crawford Description A groundbreaking book telling the story of how a pivotal 1968 event shattered the illusion of racial unity in Churches of Christ. Churches of Christ are a Southern American denomination, and throughout their history they have behaved much like their regional peers. From the late nineteenth century to the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, African American and white members of Churches of Christ perpetuated an illusion of