From Plantation to the Pulpit:The Transforming Message of the Black Baptist Church

Story aims to move readers from subjugation to complete liberation

Powerful Activist and History-Maker's Living Legacy Portrayed in Book

Story aims to move readers from subjugation to complete liberation

2008-02-13


LONGWOOD, FL-The uniqueness of the black Baptist Church is, without a doubt, a blessing from God. The church's many stories and journeys of faith are numerous. God, in His infinite wisdom, orchestrates the lives of her people to bring glory to His name and a powerful testimony to their collective story. Such is the case in Paris Lee Smith, Sr.'s, From Plantation to the Pulpit: The Transforming Message of the Black Baptist Church ($13.99, paperback, 978-1-60477-106-0; $21.99, hardcover, 978-1-60477-107-7), which chronicles the life of William H. Murphy, Sr., an ordinary man empowered by God to do the extraordinary as he walks "by faith, and not by sight." This book aims to move its readers from a life of subjugation to one of total and complete liberation, both physically and spiritually, in God.

Smith believes his book is needed at this time in the life of the black Baptist denomination at large, to encourage and empower those who are still being transformed by the message of hope. Says the author, "Readers will gain encouragement in their walk with God as they journey through life and know that I am an example of transformation."

From Plantation to the Pulpit has already received the blessing of Murphy's son, Bishop William H. Murphy, Jr., pastor of the New Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church International. "This is one of the most powerful writings of this day because of the contents within, shared from the writer. If ever there is a life that needs [to be] transcended to the pages, I believe that it is the life of Dr. William H. Murphy, Sr."

 

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