Robert R. Owens: Never Forget!
Never Forget!
Robert R. Owens
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 5.5X8.5
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RELIGION - Christian General
Book Summary
In Never Forget! Dr. Owens examines a period of transition in the history of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). This period includes the years 1961-1968, from the death of the founder, Bishop C. H. Mason, to the installation of the first Presiding Bishop. This is the first scholarly reconstruction of the events of this period. The author uses the resulting case study as the basis for an analysis of the leadership styles and organizational types, which precipitated, endured, and resolved this period of transformation in one of America's greatest religious organizations.
"Dr. Robert R. Owens, has penned a provocative, illuminating book concerning the tremulous years, 1962-1968, of the leadership struggles of the Church of God in Christ, Inc., denomination headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. His scholarly research has contributed significantly to the knowledge available about a neglected historical period in the life one of America's largest and oldest Pentecostal churches."
G. Wesley Hardy, D.Min., Administrative Assistant, VA 3rd Jurisdiction
Pastor - Cathedral of Faith Church of God in Christ
Chesapeake, Virginia
"A well-balanced, neutral presentation that covers an era of our church's history that has been and would continue to be misunderstood and misrepresented."
Rev. Joseph T. Williams
Superintendent and Pastor
Refuge Church of God in Christ
Chesapeake, Virginia
"In this book, Robert Owens has written an engrossing account of the difficult years in the Church of God in Christ following the death of the founding father, Charles Harrison Mason. With impeccable research, including many interviews with living participants, Owens has carefully traced this period in the development of America's largest Pentecostal Church. I consider Never Forget! to be must reading for those interested in the Pentecostal tradition."
Dr. Vinson Synan, Dean of the School of Divinity, Regent University
Author Profile
Robert R. Owens, Ph.D., is a pastor, an author, an historian, and an expert in Organizational Leadership. He is the Pastor of Bermuda Pentecostal Holiness Church in Chester, Virginia, and the former Dean of the School of Christian Ministries at Emmanuel College. He has taught for Northern Arizona University, Regent University, and Emmanuel College. He currently teaches for the Equipping the Saints School of Ministry and Southside Virginia Community College. Dr. Owens' other publications include Speak to the Rock: The History of the Azusa Street Revival and its Message (ISBN 0-7618-1881-2) and the third chapter of The Century of the Holy Spirit: One Hundred Years of Pentecostal and Charismatic Renewal (ISBN 0-7852-4550-2). He is also a regular contributor to YES LORD! NOW, a magazine of reconciliation.





