Telling a Neglected Story is a unique addition to African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church history. Drawing on primary and secondary sources, Dr. Cynthia Willis Stewart recounts the life stories and accomplishments of three remarkable A.M.E. Zion Church bishops: Bishop William Jacob Walls (1924-1968), Bishop Stephen Gill Spottswood (1952-1972), and Bishop Herbert Bell Shaw (1952-1979).

Bishop William Jacob Walls is remembered for staging a three-hour sit-in in the segregated Washington Terminal Dining Room at Union Railroad Terminal in Washington, D.C., in 1925, some thirty...

"I believe churches should come in all sizes," writes author Marilyn Johns. "Just as God took great creative license in the formation of humankind, endowing each of us with different gifts, different life circumstances, and different likes and dislikes, so churches have become diverse in their size, their liturgies, their viewpoints, and their activities. There is room for everyone at the table." In Where Everybody Knows Your Name, Johns goes beyond routine discussions of small church growth to explore how small churches can become more healthy, more intimate, more sustainable. Informed by...