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Lead Me On, Let Me Stand: A Clergyman's Story in White and Black is a moving, passionate memoir of a life of ministry by a devoted pastor striving to bring together things that tend to pull apart - the church and the world, women and men, old and young, straights and gays, works and faith, the Deep South and the Far North, blacks and whites. His ministry has taken him to Boston, Washington, D.C. and finally, again, to New Orleans where his work has continued. A humble, fervent crusader for social justice, Barnwell offers readers a unique look at the public and personal life of a committed man of faith and action.

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William Barnwell's first book changed my life.... He is a shameless white, Southern liberal just like me. We are a small, but stubborn group and we are joined by the likes of Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Sister Helen Prejean. I think William Barnwell has lived a stirring, exemplary life--and he writes beautifully. --Pat Conroy, New York Times bestselling author<br><br> A beautiful, poignant and inspiring account of a white Southern pastor's rejection of his family's racism in order to spend his life in the struggle for social, especially racial justice. Barnwell's brilliant, laugh-out-loud story- telling illustrates the profound lessons he learned about how -- and how not -- to try to reconcile entrenched opponents. When breakthroughs occurred -- in his work as a pastor, teacher, prison minister and public advocate --Barnwell sometimes writes, quoting Jesus, And the Kingdom of God is like that. Barnwell's many admirers probably would agree that the same thing should be said of his own brave and faithful life, remembered here with such fitting grace. --Bob Abernathy, Managing Director, Religion and Ethics (PBS)<br><br> William Barnwell is a preacher and a storyteller who has frequently left his pulpit and rolled up his sleeves in the service of community understanding, social justice, and racial harmony.That hands-on experience makes his account of one Southerner's journey from privilege and prejudice to brotherhood and compassion such a compelling read. --Tom Sancton, journalist and author of Song For My Fathers <p>

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William H. Barnwell was born in Charleston, South Carolina, USA attended the University of the South and graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary. His ministry has taken him from New Orleans to Boston to Washington, D.C. and full circle back to New Orleans where he currently works at the mostly African American All Souls in the Lower Ninth Ward and does prison outreach through a national program called Kairos. He is the author of In Richard's World: The Battle of Charleston, 1966 (republished by the University of South Carolina Press), as well as the textbooks, Writing for a Reason, The Resourceful Writer and Reflections: A Thematic Reader.

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