When Love Prevails: A Pastor Speaks to a Church in Crisis; by J. Herbert Gilmore, Jr.

A number of years ago a crisis faced the First Baptist Church of Birmingham, Alabama. This crisis, reported throughout the country, was brought about when a colored woman and her twelve-year-old daughter applied for membership in the Church. There were those in the church who favored extending membership to these colored; there were those who did not. By a vote of the congregation, membership was refused. During this whole time of crisis, Rev. Gilmore. preached a number of sermons addressing...