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| Resource: |
Book (820153) Desegregation of the Methodist Church Polity: Reform Movements that Ended Racial Segregation
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| Author: |
Kirk, W. Astor |
| Publisher: |
RoseDog Books, 2005 |
| Vendor: |
Amazon |
| Length: |
251 Pages |
| Heading: |
UMC — United Methodist Church
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| Subjects: |
African Americans; Social Action/Concerns; United Methodist History |
| Location: |
UMC |
| # Copies: |
1 |
| ISBN/ISSN: |
9780805997255
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| Description: |
W. Astor Kirk descries and analyzes how Blacks in the Methodist Church established the Committee of Five in 1960 to organize, lead, guide, and direct the anti-segregation movement. The author was a member of that committee, serving as its secretary from 1960 to 1965 and chairman from 1965 through 1967. Chapters: A brief history; The Central Jurisdiction – a church within a church; Post-unification opposition to the Central Jurisdiction; The Methodist Church in the public eye; 1960 – the year The Methodist Church failed to cross the Rubicon; The Committee of Five – building a foundation; Committee of Five – advocate for legislative action; Committee of Five – managing inter-organization conflict; Committee of Five – quadrennial performance report; Committee of Five – advocacy before the Judicial Council; A new United Methodist Church without involuntary ‘racial’ segregation; From desegregation to integration. Includes bibliography. |
| Age Groups: |
Young Adult; Adult (30-55); Adult (55+)
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