Every Sunday, from 06/29/2025 to 08/17/2025, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Location: WEPC Room 810, 9008 Quioccasin Rd, Richmond, VA US 23229

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Swing Low: A History of Black Christianity in the United States (vol. 1), by Walter R. Strickland

The dynamic witness of the Black church in the United States is an essential part of Christian history. In this history of African American Christianity, we’ll explore five theological anchors of Black Christianity. Author Walter Strickland will join WEPC in September to lead a conference on this same material.

To register for the book study, contact Kevin Greene.

Purchase book HERE.

Book overview HERE

Date

Chapters

June 29

1. Introduction
2. A Transatlantic Faith

July 6

3. Deliverance in the Shadows
4. Faith Reclaimed

July 13

5. The Invisible Institution Becomes Visible
6. "Alpha and Omega of All Things"

July 20

7. A New Normal
8. Budding Theological Movements

July 27

9. The Road to the Civil Rights Movement
Interlude: Theologizing Black Consciousness

August 3

10. Black Evangelical Identity
11. Black Evangelical Consciousness

August 10

12. Black Evangelical Diaspora
13. The Arrival of Black Liberation

August 17

14. Heirs of Black Liberation
15. Into the Twenty-First Century