February 28, 2021
Peter Lowery (1810-1888). Peter Lowery (1810-1888), married to a free Cherokee named Ruth Mitchell, (1) became a member of the Nashville Christian Church in 1835, (2) purchased his own freedom in 1839 and eventually freed his mother, three brothers, and two sisters, (3) worked at Franklin College and was mentored by Tolbert Fanning in the […]
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
January 19, 2009
Winchester, Kentucky, is a small town of only 16,000 in a county (Clark) of 33,000. The city lies in the heart of the origins of the Stone-Campbell Movement. Within a sixty mile radius are Lexington, Cane Ridge, Mt. Sterling, Georgetown and other famous cities of the early years of that history. The story of the Stone-Campbell Movement […]
20 Comments | Stone-Campbell | Tagged: African American, Christian Church, Churches of Christ, Disciples of Christ, Division, Fellowship, Institutional, Instrumental Music, Kentucky, Noninstitutional, Stone-Campbell, Winchester | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks
November 7, 2008
Whatever your political allegiance–or non-allegiance, like me–the election of an African American to the Presidency of the United States is a historic event, and that is an understatement. Whatever direction your vote went last Tuesday we can all rejoice that another ethnic and racial barrier has been breached. A century ago, when Jim Crow laws were […]
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Posted by John Mark Hicks