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Preston Taylor, The Status And Outlook Of The Colored Brotherhood, Preston Taylor Sep 1917

Preston Taylor, The Status And Outlook Of The Colored Brotherhood, Preston Taylor

Foundational and Controversial Stone-Campbell Movement Documents

Preston Taylor, The Status and Outlook of the Colored Brotherhood


Delivered at the first National Christian Missionary Convention, this address by Taylor is foundational for African American Disciples of Christ.

Regarding his address, Cardwell and Fox state:

"Taylor possibly made the most biting remarks. He criticized Whites for being half-hearted in their approach to the evangelization and cultivation of African-Americans. He deplored the non-committal stance of White Disciples on race, which he said was the reason for the smallness of Black Disciples numbers. Taylor regretted the lack of an effective means for inter-communication among African-American Disciples of Christ. Yet he …


Report Of The First General Convention Of The Christian (Colored) Churches In The U. S. A., R E. Pearson Jan 1917

Report Of The First General Convention Of The Christian (Colored) Churches In The U. S. A., R E. Pearson

National Christian Missionary Convention Minutes

Report of the First General Convention of the Christian (Colored) Churches in the U. S. A. Held at Nashville, Tennessee, August [sic! the month was September] 5th to 9th, 1917.

The booklet includes the following addresses:

R. E. Pearson, Christian Leadership

W. H. Dickerson, The Negro Disciple and the Apostolic Program

W. A. Scott, The Importance of Co-operation in the Work of the Kingdom

Preston Taylor, The Status and Outlook of the Colored Brotherhood


Gospel Plea, Volume 22 (1917), Joel Baer Lehman Jan 1917

Gospel Plea, Volume 22 (1917), Joel Baer Lehman

Gospel Plea

Gospel Plea, Volume 22 (1917) (Serial numbers 279 - 329)

336 Pages in this PDF.

The World War is prominent in this volume.

This quote from Lehman's December 22, 1917, Editorial is interesting:

"Every Christian Negro should thank God and take new courage. This great war is a centrifugal, not a centripetal force for our national life. When we went into the war our secret service discovered an army of German spies trying to alienate the Negro. This set our people to thinking. President Wilson, though a Southern man, saw clearly what is just and wise and so he insisted …