{"product_id":"lewis-c-sheafe-apostle-to-black-america","title":"Lewis C. Sheafe: Apostle to Black America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e?My heart?s desire and prayer is that this message may go to my people all over the United States.??Lewis C. Sheafe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn just as the Civil War began  Lewis Sheafe grew to manhood at a pivotal moment in American history. But instead of racial equality  the nation offered its freed slaves further oppression and injustice. Sheafe?strong-willed  dynamic  and seemingly tireless?had but two main objectives: uplift his people spiritually and socially  and consistently adhere to biblical principle in all aspects of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis thirst for truth led him first to the Baptists  where he became both an eloquent minister and a prominent leader of the Black community. Then his poor health led him to Battle Creek Sanitarium  where he encountered Seventh-day Adventism. Sheafe saw in the Adventist message the tenets of race relations he already championed  and he embraced it wholeheartedly. He was sent to lead the Black work in Washington  D.C.  in 1902  and his evangelistic campaigns drew standing-room-only crowds of both Black and White listeners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut during his turbulent years of Adventist ministry  he and church leaders could not agree on how to apply biblical principles of racial equality. The conflict eventually proved fatal to his ties with the denomination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this gripping biography  Douglas Morgan pieces together the life of this forgotten leader whose story sheds light on the reason that no lasting  separate Black Adventist denomination ever formed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thecompassmagazine.com\/blog\/book-review-lewis-c-sheafe-apostle-to-black-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eClick this link to read a Compass Magazine book review of Lewis C. Sheafe.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pacific Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41316686528563,"sku":"9780828023979","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0103\/8902\/8915\/files\/9780828023979jpg.jpg?v=1774920582","url":"https:\/\/clovisabc.com\/products\/lewis-c-sheafe-apostle-to-black-america","provider":"ClovisABC.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}