Know Us, Our Story Shall Be Continued: A History of Black Disciples in the Mid-Atlantic, Eastern North Carolina, and Virginia
Reviewed by Glenn Thomas Carson

Dr. Timothy James, leader of the National Convocation, calls this book a “gift to the church.”  The Reverend Dr. J.O. Williams, Sr. chronicles the development and growth of Black Disciples congregations in the southeast individually, and as a whole faith-group, moving together toward a new understanding of what it means to ‘be church.’ READ MORE

 

Renewing Christian Unity: A Concise History of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Reviewed by Glenn Thomas Carson

Let me begin with the disclaimer that the three authors are friends and colleagues. That means that if this were a book worth skipping, you would have never seen this review. But, I knew before I ever cracked the cover that the book would be just as worthy as it proved to be, because I intimately know the excellent work that all three of these historians regularly produce. READ MORE