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Moving the rock : poverty and faith in a Black storefront church / Mary E. Abrums.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abrums, Mary Elyeen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American women--Washington (State)--Seattle--Religion.
- African American women.
- Religion.
- Washington (State)--Seattle.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiv, 217 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : AltaMira Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Introduction: A short history
- Morning Sun Missionary Baptist Church
- Morning Sun Church and its leaders
- The family
- Motherhood : "somebody prayed for me"
- The women of Morning Sun Church
- The Lake family
- Molly Lake Lander : "I guess I have to go to Jesus"
- Caren Lake : "having a dream"
- Mahalia Lake : "I don't ask the Lord to move the mountain; just give me the strength to climb it"
- Mable Jackson
- Mable Jackson : "all I asked the Lord for was a man with a cigarette and a job"
- The Jones family
- Betty Jones : "I like to go!"
- Joann Jones Newton : "when God comes, he's getting some of every race"
- Marie Jones Smith : "getting that made-up mind"
- Linda Wilson, Marie's daughter : "all these years I have become stronger"
- The research process
- The research, the women, and me.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780759113190
- 075911319X
- 9780759113213
- 0759113211
- OCLC:
- 398505378
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