1. A house of prayer for all the nations -- 2. Congregations in the early church -- 3. Congregations and the color line (1600-1940) -- 4. The emergence of multiracial congregations (1940-2000) -- 5. A closer look at four multiracial congregations -- 6. Rejecting the white man's religion -- 7. Separate but equal -- 8. Arguing the case for multiracial congregations -- 9. The truth of the gospel -- 10. The promise and the challenges of multiracial congregations
Summary
In the last four decades, desegregation has revolutionized almost every aspect of life in the United States: schools, businesses, government offices, even entertainment. But there is one area that remains largely untouched, and that is the church. Now comes a major new call for multiracial congregations in every possible setting--a call that is surprisingly controversial, even in the twenty-first century. In United By Faith, a multiracial team of sociologists and a minister of the Church of God argue that multiracial Christian congregations offer a key to opening the still-locked door between
