Protest & Progress

[Gregory Matthews]

Protest and Progress published by Andrews University Press has been described as the most important book on race relations that the SDA Church has ever published.  It was written by Dr. Calvin B. Rock.

See:

https://atoday.org/race-protest-and-adventist-leadership-addressed-in-new-book-by-calvin-rock/

Protest and Progress” presents a broad overview of the history of administrative race relations in the North American Adventist church, according to Ronald Knott, director of the Press. Rock’s primary focus is on how the church has made provision for leadership roles and employment equity among Blacks and Whites. Rock looks at four major protest movements that arose within the Black community regarding their ability to advance the mission of the church in ways relevant to their context. These were the push for administrative integration (1889–1929), which failed; the push for Regional conferences (1929–1944), which succeeded; the push for Black Union conferences (1969–1980), which failed; and the push for a separate and equitable retirement system for Regional conference employees (1998–2000), which succeeded. He also candidly addresses the strongly differing opinions through the years within the Black leadership community over the best approach to progress, whether by full integration at all levels of church leadership or by what Rock terms “modified self-determinationism.

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GREGORY

thank for  posting this  information about this book ==== it sounds very interesting 

dgrimm60