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- Atlanta, GA: Carver Bible Institute, 1950
Atlanta, GA: Carver Bible Institute, 1950. Very Good. Atlanta, GA: Carver Bible Institute, n.d., ca. 1950. First Edition. Six-paneled brochure; halftone photographic illus. throughout. Moderate wear from handling, small damp stain along top edge, brief ink note to rear panel, else Very Good.
Brochure issued by the Atlanta branch of the Carver Bible Institute, "The faith Bible school for colored Christians in Southeastern States." The questions and answers are primarily concerned with the history of African-Americans and the Christian church, beginning with "Have Negroes ever been forbidden to worship God in America" (Answer: Yes). Another question asks, "How many Negroes now profess some nonchristian religion"?" (Answer: "About one in a hundred, while more link up with cults").
Other questions relate to Father Divine and his periodical the New Day; the newly revived Ku Klux Klan; and Communism ("They are infiltrating Negro colleges and smiling on Negro churches"). The final question asks "Who operates Carver Bible Institute?" Answer: "This Bible Institute was started under a deep sense of the call of God by Moody Bible Institute graduates who have spent 16 years in China with the China Inland Mission, where their health was so damaged as to prevent their return to China.
Brochure issued by the Atlanta branch of the Carver Bible Institute, "The faith Bible school for colored Christians in Southeastern States." The questions and answers are primarily concerned with the history of African-Americans and the Christian church, beginning with "Have Negroes ever been forbidden to worship God in America" (Answer: Yes). Another question asks, "How many Negroes now profess some nonchristian religion"?" (Answer: "About one in a hundred, while more link up with cults").
Other questions relate to Father Divine and his periodical the New Day; the newly revived Ku Klux Klan; and Communism ("They are infiltrating Negro colleges and smiling on Negro churches"). The final question asks "Who operates Carver Bible Institute?" Answer: "This Bible Institute was started under a deep sense of the call of God by Moody Bible Institute graduates who have spent 16 years in China with the China Inland Mission, where their health was so damaged as to prevent their return to China.