About Author

Joe Newman is Principal of the secondary department of First Assembly Christian School in Memphis, Tennessee. He holds a Ph.D. in United States history and an M.Ed. in educational administration from the University of Memphis. Dr. Newman is an ordained minister in the Assemblies of God and, since 1981, has served various congregations in positions ranging from minister of education to senior pastor. His research interests include race, gender, and economic issues in early American Pentecostalism.