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Black Seventh-day Adventist Authors
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Roy Adams
The Sanctuary Doctrine: Three Approaches in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Andrews University Press, 1981.
The Sanctuary: Understanding the Heart of Adventist Theology. Review and Herald, 1993.
The Nature of Christ: Help for a Church Divided over Perfection. Review and Herald. 1994.
Joshua: The Story of God’s Unfailing Promise. Pacific Press. 1997.
Crossing Jordan: Joshua, Holy War, and God’s Unfailing Promises. Review and Herald, 2005.
From the Heart. Review and Herald, 2005.
The Wonder of Jesus. Review and Herald, 2008.
Beams of Heaven Guiding Me: Looking Back on God’s Hand in My Life. Outskirts Press. 2014.
Anthony Albury
Simple Words: Your Daily Motivational Journal, 2011.
Bernie Anderson
Breaking the Silence. Autumn House Publishing, 2007.
Daryl Shon Anderson
7 Principles of Atonement. Spirit Reign. 2010.
Jeremy Anderson
From Prodigal to Prodigy. Spirit Reign, 2011.
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Benjamin Baker
Crucial Moments: Twelve Defining Events in Black Adventist History. Review and Herald, 2005.
A Place Called Oakwood. Oakwood University Press, 2007.
People of Providence. Oakwood University Press, 2010.
C.D.: The Man behind The Message. Review and Herald, 2013.
Fundamental Belief 6: Creation. With D.J.B. Trim. General Conference Archives, 2013.
Counsels on Blacks: A Comprehensive Compilation of Ellen G. White's Statements on Black People. 2017.
Delbert W. Baker
The Unknown Prophet. Review and Herald Publishing Association. 1987.
From Exile to Prime Minister. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1988.
Profiles of Service, and DeWitt Williams. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1991.
Secret Keys. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1993.
Make Us One. Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1995.
Telling the Story. Black Caucus of SDA Administrators, 1996.
Thoughts for the Journey. Oakwood College Press, 1999.
The Satisfaction of Service. Oakwood College Press, 2000.
The Millennium Lesson Book. Oakwood College Press, 2000.
The Success Workbook. Oakwood College Press, 2001.
The Coping Workbook. Huntsville, AL: Oakwood College Press, 2002.
The Help-Yourself Workbook. Oakwood College Press, 2003.
Help for Healthy Living. Oakwood College Press, 2004.
Powerful Traits. Oakwood College Press, 2005.
The Universal Lesson Book. Oakwood College Press. 2006.
Life Stories. Oakwood University Press, 2008.
Lives with Impact. Oakwood University Press, 2009.
People of Providence. Oakwood University Press, 2010.
The Unknown Prophet: Revised and Updated. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 2013.
Susan M. Baker
Thoughts for the Journey. Oakwood College Press, 1999.
The Satisfaction of Service. Oakwood College Press, 2000.
The Success Workbook. Oakwood College Press, 2001.
The Coping Workbook. Oakwood College Press, 2002.
The Help-Yourself Workbook. Oakwood College Press, 2003.
Help for Healthy Living. Oakwood College Press, 2004.
Powerful Traits. Oakwood College Press, 2005.
The Universal Lesson Book. Oakwood College Press. 2006.
Life Stories. Oakwood University Press, 2008.
Lives with Impact. Oakwood University Press, 2009.
People of Providence. Oakwood University Press, 2010.
Rosa T. Banks
A Woman’s Place: Seventh-day Adventist Women in Church and Society. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1992.
Canute Birch
A Third Great Disappointment for the Remnant. Teach Services, 2012.
Barry C. Black
From the Hood to the Hill. Thomas Nelson, 2006.
The Blessing of Adversity. Tyndale House, 2010.
Nothing to Fear: Principles and Prayers to Help You Thrive in a Threatening World. NavPress, 2017.
Make Your Voice Heard in Heaven: How to Pray with Power. NavPress, 2018.
Inez L. Booth
Forty Years Behind Bars, 1994.
Charles E. Bradford
Preaching to the Times. Review and Herald, 1970.
The God Between. Review and Herald, 1984.
The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Bradford. Compiled by William and Noelene Johnsson. Review and Herald, 1990.
Find out about Prayer. Hart Research Center, 1993.
Timothy and Titus: Counsels to Young Pastors for Struggling Churches. Pacific Press, 1994.
Sabbath Roots. L. Brown and Sons Printing, Inc., 1999.
The King is in Residence. Pacific Press, 2017.
L. Rudy Broomes
Sufficient Grace. Rudlauv Publishers, 2002.
Let's Make Lemonade. With Lauvenia. Xlibris, 2007.
Leaves from Life's Tree. CreateSpace, 2012.
George W. Brown
Portraits of Jesus. Review and Herald, 1996.
Fruit of the Spirit. Stanborough Press, 1998.
Sherian Brown
Epiphany. AuthorHouse, 2004.
His Will, My Wants. Cacoethes Publishers, 2009.
Roy R. Brown
The Battle is not Yours, but God's. Winepress Publishing, 2006.
Bryan, Lori
The Fullness of Faithfulness. Review and Herald, 2013.
Franklin H. Bryant
Black Smiles or the Sunny Side of Sable Life. Southern Publishing Association, 1903.
Natelka Burrell
Katrina Stands Alone. Review and Herald, 1988.
Keith A. Burton
We’ve Come this far by Faith. LifeHeritage Ministries. 1996.
The Welcome Table: A Critical Evaluation and Response, 1996.
An Interactive Introduction to the Life and Teachings of Jesus. LifeHeritage Ministries, 1997.
Rhetoric, Law, and the Mystery of Salvation in Romans 7:1-6. Edwin Mellen Press, 2001.
The Compassion of the Christ. Stanborough Press, 2004.
The Faith Factor: The Key to Black Empowerment. LifeHeritage Ministries. 2005.
The Blessings of Africa. InterVarsity Press, 2007.
Laying Down the Law. Review and Herald, 2014.
Carlton P. Byrd
Contemporary Evangelism for the 21st Century. Pacific Press, 2018.
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Sally Carriger
I-Can-Read-It-Myself Bible Stories. Review and Herald, 1988.
Ben A. Carson
Gifted Hands. Zondervan, 1991.
Think Big. Zondervan, 1992.
Ben Carson. Zondervan, 1992.
The Big Picture. Zondervan, 2000.
Take the Risk: Learning to Identify, Choose, and Live with Acceptable Risk. Zondervan, 2008.
America the Beautiful. Zondervan, 2012.
One Nation: What We Can All Do To Save America's Future. Sentinel. 2014.
My Life: Based on the Book Gifted Hands. Zondervan, 2015.
A More Perfect Union: What We The People Can Do To Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties. Sentinel, 2015.
One Vote. NavPress, 2017.
Candy Carson
America the Beautiful. Zondervan, 2012.
One Nation: What We Can All Do To Save America's Future. Sentinel. 2014.
A More Perfect Union: What We The People Can Do To Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties. Sentinel, 2015.
A Doctor in the House: My Life with Ben Carson. Penguin, 2016.
One Vote. NavPress, 2017.
Walesia Robinson Cates
Holy Spirit Mother. Catesco Press, 2004.
Randrick Chance
The Certainty of God's Promises. 7th Seal Missions Resources, 2010.
From Sailor to Saint. 7th Seal Missions Resources, 2011.
Am I a Real Christian? Strategic Secrets, LLC, 2012.
Prayers That Move Heaven: How to Get Your Prayers Answered 100% of the Time. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015.
Transition to Civilian Life with Confidence: A 90-Day Strategy to Launch a Lucrative Career Or Business Using Your Military Training and Experience. Strategic Secrets, 2015.
Monetize Your Skills: How to Leverage Your Education, Expertise, and Experiences Into a 6-Figure Income So You Can Make a Lasting Impact, Fund Your Dreams, and Sustain Your Mission, Message, Or Cause. Strategic Secrets, LLC, 2017.
Strategic Secrets: The Most Effective Success Tactics You’ll Ever Need to Achieve Greatness in Your Life and Career. Strategic Secrets, 2018.
Power-Packed Spiritual Affirmations For Women: 21 Quick and Powerful Declarations to Super Charge Your Mind and Body for Daily Success. Strategic Secrets, 2019.
The Vision Journal: Chronicle of Your Goals, Dreams, Visions, Revelations, Inspiration, Answers, and Ideas. Strategic Secrets, 2019.
Make It Plain Devotional Journal: Write the Things You've Learned, Seen, Heard, Experienced, and Received During Your Quiet Times. Strategic Secrets, 2019.
Pandemic Survival Secrets: How to Plan and Prepare for Pestilence, Plagues, and Perils. KDP Print, 2020.
Gilbert B. Chapman, II
Nondestructive Evaluation of Adhesive Bonds Using 20 MHz and 25 Khz Ultrasonic Frequencies on Metal and Polymer Assemblies, AuthorHouse, 2014.
Earl E. Cleveland
Mine Eyes Have Seen. Review and Herald, 1968.
Come Unto Me. Review and Herald, 1968.
The Middle Wall. Review and Herald, 1969.
Free at Last. Review and Herald, 1970.
Ask the Prophets. Review and Herald, 1971.
Sparks from the Anvil. Review and Herald, 1971.
No Stranger Now. Pacific Press, 1972.
Without A Song. Review and Herald, 1972.
Living Soul. Southern Publishing Association, 1974.
The Gates Shall Not. Review and Herald, 1981.
The Exodus. Review and Herald, 1986.
Milk and Honey. Review and Herald, 1986.
One More River. Review and Herald, 1987.
Let the Church Roll On. Pacific Press, 1997.
It Took A Miracle. General Conference Ministerial Association Research Center, 2005.
Emerson A. Cooper
To the Unknown God: The God of Science and the Bible. Vantage Press, 1998.
The Origin of the Universe. WinePress Publishing, 2004.
Wesley Curtright
The Hand of God in Ethiopia and Other Subjects. Vantage Press, 1974.
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Daniel Dada
Ascendance of a Native Son. Xlibris, 2010.
Samuel L. DeShay
Plus 15: 15 Days to lower Blood Pressure and Cholesterol. Upward Way, 1990.
Out of Biafra by Canoe. City of Light Productions, 2016.
Bernice A. DeShay
Plus 15: 15 Days to lower Blood Pressure and Cholesterol. Upward Way, 1990.
Ganoune Diop
The Gift of the Gospel: Portraits of Freedom and Fellowship. College Press, 2001.
Willie Anna Dodson
Riding Upon the High Places of the Earth. Carlton Press, Inc., 1981.
Kwabena Donkor
Tradition, Method, and Contemporary Protestant Theology. University Press of America, 2003.
The Church, Culture, and Spirits: Adventism in Africa. Biblical Research Institute, 2011.
Growing in Christ. Review and Herald, 2012.
Lawrence S. Dorsey
Born to Preach. WestBow Press, 2013.
Charles E. Dudley
Thou Who Hast Brought Us... Teach Services, Inc., 1997.
The Genealogy of Ellen Gould Harmon White. Teach Services, 1999.
Thou Who Hast Brought Us Thus Far on Our Way. Bookmasters, Inc., 2000.
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Dwain N. Esmond
Beyond the In-A-Pinch God. Review and Herald, 2000.
Can You Hear Me Now? Review and Herald, 2004.
24-7-365. Review and Herald, 2008.
The Gift of Prophecy in Scripture and History. Review and Herald, 2015.
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Henry E. Felder
Job Search: An Empirical Analysis of the Search Behavior of Low Income Workers. Department of Economics, 1975.
Unemployment Insurance, Wage Changes and Search Behavior: An Analysis. Stanford Research Institute, 1977.
The Federal Supplemental Benefits Program: Impact of PL 95-19 on Individual Recipients. US Department of Labor Employment, 1978.
A Statistical Evaluation on the Impact of Disqualification Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws. US Department of Labor Employment, 1979.
The Changing Patterns of Black Family Income, 1960-1982. Joint Center for Political Studies, 1984.
Making Ends Meet: Financial Planning for the Christian Family. Review and Herald, 1994.
Vocational Education: Changes at High School Level after Amendments to Perkins Act. Diane Publishing Company, 1995.
Jason Max Ferdinand
Jason Max Ferdinand. Teaching with Heart: Tools for Addressing Societal Challenges through Music. GIA Publications, 2021.
Furman F. Fordham II
Mission Driven Ministry. With Eddie C. Polite. AdventSource, 2009.
Walter W. Fordham
Righteous Rebel. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1990.
Alfred Fornay
Fornay’s Guide to Skin Care and Makeup for Women of Color. Simon & Schuster, 1989.
The African-American Woman's Guide to Successful Make-up and Skin Care. Amber Books Publishing, 1998.
Born Beautiful: The African American Teenager's Complete Beauty Guide. Perfection Learning Corporation, 2002.
Ageless Beauty: The Skin Care and Make Up Guide for Women and Teens of Color. With Yvonne Rose. Amber Books Publishing, 2009.
Devon Franklin
Produced by Faith: Enjoy Real Success without Losing Your True Self. Simon & Schuster, 2011.
The Wait: A Powerful Practice for Finding the Love of Your Life and the Life You Love. Simon & Schuster, 2016.
The Hollywood Commandments: A Spiritual Guide to Secular Success. HarperCollins, 2017.
The Success Commandments: Master the Ten Spiritual Principles to Achieve Your Destiny. HarperCollins, 2019.
The Truth About Men: What Men and Women Need to Know. Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Sydney Freeman, Jr.
The Seminal History and Prospective Future of Blacks at the University of Idaho (with Brody Gasper). University of Idaho Press, 2023.
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Delthony L. Gordon
Gems of Thought. Delthony L. Gordon, 2006.
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Frank W. Hale, Jr.
A Manual of Public Speaking. W.C. Brown, 1964.
Socially Disadvantaged Youth, 1965.
Sunlight and Shadows: A Collection of Original Epigrams. Southern Publishing Association, 1967.
The Cry for Freedom: An Anthology of the Best that has been said and written on Civil Rights since 1954. A.S. Barnes, 1970.
They Came and They Conquered. The Ohio State University Press, 1973.
Hale’s Inventory for Assessing and Institution’s Commitment to Multicultural Programming. Technical Instructional Professional Support Services, 1991.
Angels Watching Over Me. James C. Winston Publishing Company, 1996.
A Letter to African American Males. 1st Books Library, 2000.
What Makes Racial Diversity Work in Higher Education? Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2003.
How Black Colleges Empower Black Students. Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2006.
Out of the Trash came Truth, 2007.
Carol Hammond
Precious Memories of Missionaries of Color. Carol Hammond, 2008.
Karl E. Hammonds
Your Child and Good Health.
Lea Hardy
The Ladies of Oakwood: The Power of the So-Called Powerless. With Ciro Sepulveda. Oakwood College Press, 2003.
L. David Harris
Alive at 5: Volume 1. Xulon Press, 2004.
Alive at 5: Volume 2. Xulon Press, 2004.
Know Peace Within. Xulon Press, 2005.
Thelma Bruner Harris
Good Foods for Good Health. Review and Herald, 1988.
Sam Henry
The Naked Truth About Cults and Erroneous Teachings. Stanborough Press, 1999.
Bekele Heye
The Sabbath in Ethiopia. Center for Creative Ministry, 2003.
Hallerin Hilton Hill
Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Wisdom House Publishing, 2000.
Roland J. Hill
How to Get Out of Debt, 1986.
Theo-Economics: The Call to Responsibility. Helping Hands Press, 1994.
The Stewardship 2000 Instructor’s Manual, 1995.
The Stewardship 2000 Quarterly, 1995.
Money: The Acid Test, 1995.
Know Your Place, 1995.
Captured By Capitalism, 1995.
Loosen Your Grip, 1995.
Hooked On Handouts, 1995.
Are You Trustworthy? 1995.
Wealth Without Guilt, 1995.
The Word on Money, 1998.
The Financial Fitness Manual, 2002.
Solutions: Sermonic Answers to Life’s Situations, 2004.
Secrets Behind the Wall, 2006.
Theo-Economics: God’s Wealth System Unlocking the Wealth Potential of Individuals and Nations, 2008.
Wealth: It's in Your Worship not Your Works. Helping Hands Press, 2012.
Susie Hill
The Financial Fitness Manual, 2002.
My Secret Weapon: Unlocking the Explosive Inner Power of a Woman. Helping Hands Press, 2010.
Warrick S. Hill
Before Us lies the Timber. Bartleby Press, 2003.
Clarence E. Hodges
This Far by Faith. Review and Herald, 1998.
The Great Controversy and the End: End Time Events. The College Press, 2000.
The One Book: A Book for the Time of the End. Character Press, 2000.
Politics and Religion: Take the High Road. Character Press, 2000.
Make Someone Happy: The Source of True and Lasting Happiness for Now and Eternity. Character Press, 2002.
Jesus: Lord of the Last Days. Character Press.
Sunday Lies, Sunday Laws, and the Time of Trouble. Character Press.
As You Think, You Can. Character Press.
Blessings through the Time of Trouble into the Kingdom of God. Character Press, 2007.
Ebony Holland
Coauthored with Heather Martin and Karima Kibble. Covered Girls: 31 Days of Inspiring Stories and Prayers, 2020.
Superstar Teacher: A Guide to Enhance Creativity in the Classroom. Watersprings Media House, 2021.
Ramona L. Hyman
Grandma Jackson’s Poetry. Independent Publishing Group, 1992.
In the Sanctuary of a South. Essence Publishing, 2005.
African American Seventh-day Adventist Healers in a Multicultural Nation. Coedited with Andy Lampkin. Pacific Press, 2021.
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Maury D. Jackson
A House on Fire: How Adventist Faith Responds to Race and Racism. Coedited with Nathan Brown. Signs Publishing, 2022.
Robert L. James
Gospel Truth. Lulu, 2008.
Wendell P. Jeffrey
No Longer a Shepherd's Rod. Remnant Publications, 2008.
Doris Juanita Johnson
Hope Inside Grief. Tate Publishing & Enterprises, 2006.
James H. Johnson
Beyond Defeat: The “Johnny” Johnson Story. Pacific Press, 2001.
Terry L. Johnson
For His Honor. With Kay D. Rizzo. Pacific Press, 1992.
Alfred R. Jones
A Door of Hope for the Wounded Black Family. Outreach Publications, 1996.
Doris E. Jones
A Door of Hope for the Wounded Black Family. Outreach Publications, 1996.
R. Clifford Jones
Preaching with Power. General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Ministerial Association, 2005.
James K. Humphrey and the Sabbath-day Adventists. University Press of Mississippi, 2006.
Andre V. Jubert
A Doctor’s Advice to Keep You out of His Office. Outreach Publishing, 2003.
Jacob Justiss
Angels in Ebony. Jet Printing Services, 1975.
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Thompson U. Kay
Sign Language Honor Book. Christian Record Services/Division for Deaf, 1989.
Working Together for the Deaf: A Guide for Establishing a Deaf Ministry in the Church. AdventSource. 1995.
Karima Kibble
Coauthored with Ebony Holland and Heather Martin. Covered Girls: 31 Days of Inspiring Stories and Prayers, 2020.
Donald G. King
Health in the Bible. Review and Herald, 1983.
Samson Kisekka
Challenges to Leadership in the Developing World: Speeches by Dr. Samson Kisekka. Maianum Press, 1992.
Anna Knight
Mississippi Girl. Southern Publishing Association, 1952.
Samuel Koranteng-Pipim
Ellen White and Her Concept of Theological System, 1988.
The Doctrine of God in Process Theology, 1988.
Paul’s Use of Deuteronomy 25:4 in I Corinthians 9:9, 1989.
The Church and Authority, 1989.
Inspired Book or Inspiring Booklet? 1991.
Modern Culture and Christian Lifestyle, 1992.
Contemporary Glossalalia, 1992.
Born Gay or Born Again? 1993.
Searching the Scriptures. Adventist Affirm, 1995.
Receiving the Word. Berean Books, 1996.
In the Spirit of Truth, 1997.
Must We Be Silent? Berean Books, 2001.
Patience in the Midst of Trials and Afflictions. Berean Books, 2003.
The Humility of Christ. Berean Books, 2004.
The Forgotten Grace of Humility. Berean Books, 2004.
Here We Stand. Adventists Affirm, 2005.
This is Love. Berean Books, 2007.
Not for Sale. Berean Books, 2008.
Healed Wounds, But Ugly Scars. Berean Books. 2009.
Six More Chances. EAGLESonline Books, 2012.
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Andy Lampkin
Co-edited with Ramona L. Hyman. African American Seventh-day Adventist Healers in a Multicultural Nation. Pacific Press, 2021.
Ricky LaVaughn
When Roses Cry. PublishAmerica, 2004.
Foundation of the Fire. CreateSpace, 2008.
Repeat Offender. CreateSpace, 2009.
In the Beginning. CreateSpace, 2009.
Harold L. Lee
The Defining Decade: Kettering Medical Center Network. With Anne E. Biswas. Kettering Medical Center Network, 2005.
Brad: Visionary Spiritual Leadership. With Monte Sahlin. Center for Creative Ministry, 2005.
E.E. Cleveland: Evangelist Extraordinary. With Monte Sahlin. Center for Creative Ministry, 2007.
C.D.: The Man behind The Message. With Benjamin Baker. Review and Herald, 2013.
Valerie Lee
Invisible Man’s Literary Heritage: Benito Cereno and Moby Dick. Humanities Press, 1978.
Granny Midwives and Black Women Writers: Double-Dutched Readings. Routledge, 1996.
The Prentice Hall Anthology of African American Women’s Literature. Prentice-Hall, 2005.
Black Performance and Cultural Criticism. With E. Patrick Johnson. The Ohio State University Press, 2007.
Willie Lewis
Classic Sermon Outlines.
Common Sense About Money From A to Z.
John Lomacange
Abandoned but not Alone. Pacific Press, 2002.
Samuel G. London
Seventh-day Adventists and the Civil Rights Movement. University of Mississippi Press, 2009.
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Anita J. Mackey
Anita J. Mackey, comp. My life: An autobiographical account of the life of Harvey A. Mackey, including the diary saga: around the world on a needle. Anita J. Mackey, 1992.
Edward T. Maddox II
Before The Morning Star: The Almira S. Steele Story. EME Christian Publishers, 2008.
Alven Makapela
The Problem with Africanity in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Edwin Mellon Press, 1996.
Roy Malcolm
The Aeolians: Directors Recall Precious Memories. Oakwood College Press, 1999.
Dorothy Knight Marsh
From Cotton Fields to Mission Fields: The Anna Knight Story. Lulu Press, 2016.
Norwida Marshall
A Star Gives Light: Seventh-day Adventist, African American Heritage. With Steven R. Norman, III. Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, 1989.
Heather Martin
Coauthored with Ebony Holland and Karima Kibble. Covered Girls: 31 Days of Inspiring Stories and Prayers, 2020.
Randy Maxwell
“Weight” on the Lord. Pacific Press, 1986.
On Eagles’ Wings. Pacific Press, 1986.
Sunshine in My Window. Pacific Press, 1990.
Love is Fundamental: A Back-to-Basics Look at Marriage and the Family. Pacific Press, 1989.
If My People Pray: An Eleventh Hour Call to Prayer and Revival. Pacific Press, 1995.
Bring Back the Glory. Pacific Press, 2000.
5 Steps to Christlike Living. Pacific Press, 2001.
Let Not Your Heart be Troubled. Pacific Press, 2002.
Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid
Poverty and Wealth in James. Orbis Books, 1987.
James: True Religion in Suffering. Pacific Press, 1996.
Complete Evangelism: The Luke-Acts Model. Herald Press, 1997.
Diverse Worship: African American, Hispanic, and Caribbean Perspectives. InterVarsity Press, 2011.
Terrell McCoy
Why They Must Go: A Biblical Mandate for Seventh-day Adventist Christian Education. iUniverse, 2011.
Bertram L. Melbourne
Slow to Understand: The Disciples in Synoptic Perspective. University Press of America, 1988.
Alpha Through Omega: A User Friendly Guide to New Testament Greek. University Press of America, 1996.
Called to Discipleship: Lessons From the Life of Christ. Pacific Press, 2007.
The Busy People's Bible Study Plan: A New Plan for a New Millennium. Urban Ministries, Inc., 2009.
The Busy People's Bible Study Plan Journal: 52 Weeks to Developing a Deeper Relationship with God. Urban Ministries, Inc., 2009.
Carmela A. Monk
Secret Keys. With Delbert W. Baker. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1993.
Calvin E. Moseley, Jr.
Information Please. Review and Herald, 1972.
Kenneth D. Mulzac
Praying with Power. Beka Books. 1997.
Clement A. Murray
Of Fallen Angels.
I Will Fear No Evil. Pacific Press, 2001.
They Shall Walk and Not Faint.
Pardon Mwansa
Icisalwa Maaasaka. Maiden Publishing, 2010.
Ivor Myers
Escape from the Black Hole. Pacific Press, 2007.
The Christian Art of War. Remnant Publications, 2008.
The War in Heaven. Remnant Publications, 2009.
Prayer90X. Remnant Publications, 2010.
The Coming Oil Crisis. Remnant Publications, 2012.
Operation Blueprint. Amazing Facts, 2013.
The Atheism Prophecy. Remnant Publications, 2015.
The Blueprint: God’s GPS. Amazing Facts, 2016.
The Coming King of the North: Understanding Daniel 11:40-45. CreateSpace, 2017.
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Richard L. Neil
His Coming. Review and Herald, 1988.
The God You Thought You Knew. Review and Herald, 2005.
Alwyn Nicholas
History of the Haitian SDA Churches in Florida. 2012.
John S. Nixon
Redemption in Genesis. Pacific Press, 2010.
Steven Norman, III
A Star Gives Light: Seventh-day Adventist, African American Heritage. With Norwida Marshall. Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, 1989.
Lena Nozizwe
Starring in Your Own Life. Simon and Schuster, 2012.
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Isaac Olatunji, Jr.
You Can Fly Beyond the Sky. Dr. O. Publishing, 2003.
Eurydice V. Osterman
What God Says About Music. Awsahm Music, 1998.
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Emil D. Peeler
The Zacchaeus Effect. Pacific Press, 2004.
George Edward Peters
Thy Dead Shall Live. Southern Publishing Association, 1947.
LeRoy A. Peters
Joseph and Asenath. AuthorHouse, 2009.
A Different World. AuthorHouse, 2009.
Frank L. Peterson
The Hope of the Race. Southern Publishing Association, 1934.
Climbing High Mountains. Review and Herald, 1962.
Glenn O. Phillips
The Caribbean Basin Initiative: Genuine or Deceptive?: An Early Assessment. With Talbert O. Shaw. Morgan State University Press, 1987
Seventh-day Adventists in Barbados, 1884-1991. Caribbean Graphic & Letchworth Press, 1991.
The African Diaspora Experience. Tapestry Press, Ltd., 1998.
Singing in a Strange Land: the Hanson Place Church of New York, 1958-2008. Tapestry Press, 2010.
Wintley A. Phipps
The Power of A Dream. With Goldie Down. Zondervan, 1994.
Perfecting Me. CreateSpace, 2015.
Your Best Destiny: Becoming the Person You Were Created to Be. NavPress, 2015.
Eddie C. Polite
Mission Driven Ministry. With Furman F. Fordham, II. AdventSource, 2009.
Leslie Pollard
Embracing Diversity. Review and Herald, 2000.
Loving Leadership. Review and Herald, 2010.
Pollyanna Prosper-Barnes
In the Name of My Father. Teach Services, 2010.
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Louis B. Reynolds
The Dawn of a Brighter Day: Light Through the Darkness Ahead. Southern Publishing Association, 1945.
Little Journeys into Storyland. Southern Publishing Association, 1947.
Look to the Hills. Southern Publishing Association, 1960.
Great Texts from Romans. Southern Publishing Association, 1972.
Bible Answers for Today's Questions. Southern Publishing Association, 1973
We Have Tomorrow. Review and Herald, 1984.
W.R. Robinson
Roots, Race, and Religion, vols. 1-3. 1987-1990.
Calvin B. Rock
Our God is Able. Review and Herald, 1970.
Church Leadership: A Call to Virtue. Pacific Press, 1990.
The Love of Christ. Pacific Press, 1991.
Seeing Christ: Windows on His Saving Grace. Review and Herald, 1994.
Go On! Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1994.
Perspectives. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1996.
Something Better. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 2014.
Protest and Progress. Andrews University Press, 2018.
Tecora M. Rogers
Against All Odds: A Division that Still Stands. Xulon Press, 2015.
W. Sherman Rogers
The African American Entrepreneur. Praeger, 2010.
Chris Rucker
The Seventh-day Diet. With Jan Hoffman. Random House, 1991.
The Seventh-Day Diet: A Practical Plan to Apply the Adventist Lifestyle to Live Longer, Healthier, and Slimmer in the 21st Century. Pacific Press, 2002.
Paradine Ruff
From Beacon Light to Thirty-First Street. With Emory J. Tolbert.
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William C. Scales, Jr.
Evangelism and Church Growth Manual. General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, North American Division, 1987.
William C. Scales, Sr.
Born to Win Souls. Real Truth Association, 1996.
Talbert O. Shaw
Responsibility and Black Middle-Class Living. University of Chicago Press, 1973.
The Caribbean Basin Initiative: Genuine or Deceptive?: An Early Assessment. With Glenn O. Phillips. Morgan State University Press, 1987.
East of Eden: Spiritual Reflections on Repentant Following. Pilgrims Press, 2003.
Gwen Shorter
Thy Nakedness. Homeward Publishing, 1997.
Jewelry: The Spiritualism Connection. Homeward Publishing, 2008.
Rick Shorter
Thy Nakedness. Homeward Publishing, 1997.
Jewelry: The Spiritualism Connection. Homeward Publishing, 2008.
Alice P. Siwundhla
Alice Princess. Pacific Press, 1965.
My Two Worlds. Pacific Press, 1971.
We Found the Faith.
Spotlight on Africa.
Walter M. Starks
Ordeal by Fire: What God and Perseverance Can Do. Review and Herald, 1976.
Principles of Christian Stewardship. Center for Creative Ministry, 1999.
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Jared Taylor
How I Met Jesus on MTV. WinePress, 2012.
Christopher C. Thompson
My Savior and My Lord. AdventSource, 2009.
Training Days: Basketball is Life. Spirit Reign, 2012.
Helvius Thompson, Jr.
The Handwritings of God: God’s Personalized Messages For Man’s Salvation. Helping Hands Press, 2009.
Jonathan A. Thompson
The Enduring Legacy of Ellen G. White and Social Justice. Pacific Press Publishing Association, 2017.
Emory J. Tolbert
The UNIA and Black Los Angeles. UCLA Press, 1980.
From Beacon Light to Thirty-First Street. With Paradine Ruff, 1982.
Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Volumes 1. Senior Editor. UCLA Press, 1983.
Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Volumes 2. Senior Editor. UCLA Press, 1983.
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Timeline of Black Adventist History
1865-1899
Compiled by Benjamin Baker
1865
May 17: 3rd General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
May 23: General Conference Session resolves: “That a field is now opened in the South for labor among the colored people and should be entered upon according to our ability.”
December 25: Ellen White receives vision to establish a health institution.
Churches: 140
T&O: $12,000
End Membership: 4,000
1866
May 16-17: 4th General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
June 12: The Visions—Objections Answered by Uriah Smith is published.
September 5: Western Health Reform Institute in Battle Creek, Michigan, opens for patients.
Churches: 150
End Membership: 4,250
1867
May 14-May 19: 5th General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Churches: 160
End Membership: 4,320
1868
May 12-May 18: 6th General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
December 25: John West, believed to be the second black Seventh-day Adventist minister, dies in Peterboro, New York.
Churches: 159
Beginning Membership: 4,320
End Membership: 4,475
1869
May 18-24: 7th General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Churches: 167
Beginning Membership: 4,475
End Membership: 4,900
1870
March 15-20: 8th General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
December 20: William Hawkins Green is born in Lewisburg, North Carolina.
Churches: 179
T&O: $25,375
T&O (1866-1870): $103,157
Beginning Membership: 4,900
End Membership: 5,440
1871
February 7-February 12: 9th General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
May 2: Elbert B. Lane, the first Adventist minister in the South, reports in the Review and Herald of holding meetings in a depot in Edgefield Junction, Tennessee, with "white people occupying one room, and the Colored the other." Black Baptist minister Harry Lowe embraces Adventism at the meetings.
December 29, 1871-January 3, 1872: 10th General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Churches: 185
Beginning Membership: 5,440
End Membership: 4,550
1872
December 29, 1872-January 3, 1873: 10th General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Churches: 204
Beginning Membership: 4,550
End Membership: 4,901
1873
March 11-March 14: 11th General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
November 14-November 16: 12th General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Churches: 239
Beginning Membership: 4,901
End Membership: 5,875
1874
March 4: Anna Knight is born to Newton and Georgeanne Knight in Jones County, Mississippi.
June 4: First issue of Signs of the Times, edited by James White, is published in Oakland, California.
August 10-August 15: 13th General Conference Session is held in Battle Creek, Michigan.
1875
April 1: Silas Osborn reports in the Review and Herald of four black converts from meetings he held in Powder Mills, Kentucky.
August 15-August 18: 14th General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Churches: 339
T&O: $33,156
T&O (71-75): $147,690
Beginning Membership: N/A
End Membership: 8,042
1876
March 31-April 6: 1st Special General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
June 10: Lottie Cornella Isbell Blake is born.
September 19-September 24: 15th General Conference Session, Lansing, Michigan.
November 12 and 13: 2nd Special General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Churches: 398
Beginning Membership: 8,042
End Membership: 10,044
1877
February 22: A report appears in the Review and Herald from Mrs. H.M. Van Slyke about a "colored school" in Ray County, Missouri, in which she taught black orphans to read the Bible.
May 24: William F. Minisee dies in Solon, Kent County, Michigan.
March 7: James Kemuel Humphrey is born.
September 20-September 28: 16th General Conference Session, Lansing, Michigan.
September 22: Lucille Lewis (later Byard) is born.
Churches: 478
Beginning Membership: 10,044
End Membership: 11,608
1878
January 3: C.O. Taylor reports in the Review and Herald that lawyer and planter W.F. Killen of Houston County, Georgia, is converted to the Adventist faith, along with his family. Killen states that "I have no trouble in getting my laborers (colored people) to keep it [the Sabbath]."
March 1-March 4: 3rd Special General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
March 14: C.O. Taylor reports in the Review and Herald that a black minister in Worth County, Georgia, is keeping the Sabbath.
August: Charles Kinny/Kinney is baptized in Reno, Nevada, during a tent meeting conducted by J.N. Loughborough and guest speaker Ellen White.
October 4-October 16: 17th General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Churches: 549
Beginning Membership: 11,608
End Membership: 13,077
1879
July 6: James Gershom (J.G.) Dasent is born.
November 7-December 1: 18th General Conference Session, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Churches: 599
Beginning Membership: 13,077
End Membership: 14,141