The Church of God and Saints of Christ The Rise of Black Jews Cults and Nonconventional Religious Groups Series

First Published in 1994. The Church of God and Saints of Christ was founded in Lawrence, Kansas on November 5, 1896 by William Saunders Crowdy. During the first forty-five years of his life, Crowdy was a Baptist, however, in 1892, he began to have visions about establishing the ?true church.? Since its initial formation in Kansas, the Church of God and Saints of Christ has spread widely in the United States and abroad, It?s most unusual feature of the faith is its synthesis of Jewish and Christian elements.

Chapter 1 Black Conditions from the Civil War to 1900; Chapter 2 Black Judaism; Chapter 3 The Life of William Saunders Crowdy; Chapter 4 The History of the Church; Chapter 5 Theological Description of the Church; Chapter 6 Social Dynamics of the Contemporary Church; Chapter 7 The Role of Women in the Church of God and Saints of Christ; Chapter 8 Conclusion; Chapter 9 Postscript;

Elly M. Wynia