From the Back Cover
Representing 65,000 churches with a membership of more than 19 million people, The Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. (CNBC) has published The African-American Devotional Bible, NIV and The African-American Devotional Bible, KJV. The Bible contains 312 daily devotions from prominent African-American Christians written especially for African Americans, celebrating their faith experience and cultural heritage providing a prism to understand the Bible in ways that are relevant to their everyday lives. The Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. includes eight denominations: * African Methodist Episcopal Zion * Christian Methodist Episcopal * Church of God in Christ * National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. * National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. * National Missionary Baptist Convention of America * Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. The African-American Devotional Bible contains a full year of weekday and weekend devotions, including a Scripture verse, passage for the day, additional Scripture readings, an author reference, and cross-reference to the next days devotional reading. The Bible is available in either the New International Version or the King James Version. Other features include reading plans, biographical information on the devotional writers, historical information on the CNBC denominations, a subject index, a Promises & Perspectives section, and an article written by Reverend Rodney Sadler, doctoral student at Duke University, on African Presence in the Bible.