Called to the Fire, Cheston M. Bush
Called to the Fire, Cheston M. Bush
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Called to the Fire
A Witness for God in Mississippi; The Story of Dr. Charles Johnson

Author: Cheston M. Bush

Narrator: Cheston M. Bush

Unabridged: 3 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2013

Synopsis

The last place on earth young Charles Johnson wanted to go was Mississippi during the heat of the Civil Rights Movement.“Me and the Lord had a talk all the way all those miles. ‘Lord, I have seen those dogs eatin’ those people up! I have seen them lock the doors, Lord.’ When I got there I looked for black people to be hangin’ from street lights!” With deep faith and firm conviction he followed the call of God on his life and journeyed straight into his greatest fears.This is the true story of Dr. Charles Johnson, an African American preacher who entered Mississippi in 1961 during the summer of the Freedom Rides. Fresh out of Bible School Johnson hesitantly followed his Call to pastor in Mississippi, a hotbed for race relations during the early 1960’s. Unwittingly thrust into the heart of a national tragedy, the murder of three Civil Rights activists, he overcame fear and adversity to become a leader in the Civil Rights movement.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephen

After graduating with my bachelors at Olivet Nazarene University, I wound up in a graduate program at the University of Mississippi. There, in Oxford, Mississippi, my wife and I started attending the single small Nazarene church in town. We hadn’t been members there long when a young pastor and his......more

Goodreads review by Judy

An incredible story of an incredible man and his faith journey through the civil rights era of the 60's. Dr. Charles Johnson was certainly a special man with a special faith.......more

Goodreads review by Shaun

There are only a handful of books that can say they caught my attention enough to be read in one sitting. Called to the Fire, the story of Dr. Charles Johnson, by Chet Bush is one of them. From the mesmerizing first chapter to the heartbreaking, yet hopeful, ending, I simply could not turn the pages......more

Goodreads review by Patricia M Thompson

What do you think? Is the question what I think is I was in Jr. High and High School when this book takes place. I knew of separation but not of such deep hatred. I thank God I was not living in Mississippi. My exposure was watching the news in the evening. I remember thinking WOW is that really tru......more

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