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        WINDRUSH & THE BLACK
               PENTECOSTAL                         CHURCH IN BRITAIN

This second book in the Windrush series, portrays the journey Caribbean Christians made to Britain in the 1950s and 60s, and explores how their faith, rooted in the history of the West Indies, sustained them. the slave trade, and the establishment of plantations were all part of the historical experience and when they arrived in Britain, most Caribbeans who belonged to the Anglican Church in the West Indies sought similar churches in England to worship in. What happened to them, and how they were treated by the “mother church,” is now part of Caribbean folklore and a
shame on British Christianity. 


Those who were Pentecostals and not Anglicans, had an altogether different experience. Rather than trying to join in with white Anglicans, they quickly established their churches and their unique brand of Christian worship in Britain.
I had a front-row seat in this development, and in this book, I charts many of the seminal moments in this fascinating story, and explain how generation of Caribbean Christians, successfully established their faith in Britain, enriched the religious life of the country, and I show how their Christian faith is the foundation of their success in Britain. 


Not content with simply explaining this fascinating story, the book, challenges future generations of Black people in Britain, to build on the legacy Caribbeans have left, especially Africans, who today are the largest Black group in Britain with many of the fastest growing churches. Their aim is to bring Christianity back to Britain, as the missionaries once brought it to them. Whether they will succeed in this laudable aim, is a question I discuss and offer some of the difficulties, they are likely to face.                                  

£9.99 +p&p

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