{"product_id":"pilgrim-people","title":"Pilgrim People","description":"\u003cp\u003eI wrote this book out of necessity. As Director of the Lay Ministry Program of the New York Conference UCC, I frequently taught a course on United Church of Christ History and Polity to lay ministers and to ministers of other denominations interested in the UCC. What could I use for a textbook? To get a complete view of the history of the UCC and its antecedents, one needed to read five books: Louis H. Gunnemann's \u003cem\u003eThe Shaping of the United Church of Christ\u003c\/em\u003e; John Von Rohr's \u003cem\u003eThe Shaping of American Congregationalism, 1620-1957;\u003c\/em\u003e David Dunn's \u003cem\u003eA History of the Evangelical and Reformed Church\u003c\/em\u003e; and Barbara Brown Zikmund's two volumes of \u003cem\u003eHidden Histories of the United Church of Christ\u003c\/em\u003e. It would be unreasonable for me to require students to buy five books for the first half of a 20-hour course. I needed to bring together the history of the United Church of Christ into one volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy approach to UCC history is unusual. Instead of telling the four stories of the predecessor denominations separately, I have told one story. I have also included many stories that are usually omitted from our history, such as the Peace Movement, Thomas Gallaudet, and the Evangelical Synod experience in World War I. I have also chronicled my denomination's failures and our accomplishments. I see history through the eyes of one who has been a local church pastor for most of my fifty-five years in ministry, and whose graduate work focused on mission history. Parish life and missions loom large in this telling of the story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Santos Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46157532954671,"sku":"9798995584872","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/2855\/6847\/files\/imageloader_dcf2deee-9949-4529-adfc-1a74ffcf9eca.jpg?v=1789054842","url":"https:\/\/tssbooks.com\/products\/pilgrim-people","provider":"tssbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}