Steal Away to Jesus

by Wade Hampton McKinney, Lora-Ellen McKinney

Overview

Steal Away to Jesus was originally written as a thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Rochester Theological Seminary in April, 1923. A ground-breaking study of the early history of African American Baptists, this excellently documented and beautifully written book outlines the phases that introduced African slaves to Christianizing influences, several distinct periods of missionary endeavors, and the introduction of Baptists to America, with specific details about distinct differences between and among white and black groups following slavery.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014505451
Publisher:	Chiara Press
Publication date:	05/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	100
File size:	861 KB

About the Author

An outstanding preacher and orator, the author, Wade Hampton McKinney (19 July 1892 - 18 January 1963) was a well-respected minister of the Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio and a community leader to whom many firsts were accorded; he was the first black foreman of the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury, an organizer of Quincy Savings & Loan and Forest City Hospital, and the leader of many voter campaigns.