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    Parson Campbell's Breakthrough
    Parson Campbell's Breakthrough
    Parson Campbell's Breakthrough
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    Parson Campbell's Breakthrough

    By Bert Johnston

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    In Bert Johnston's novel of the 1950s, newly-minted minister Eddie Campbell discovers on his first Sunday in Pear Valley that his leading elder is an apostle of racism. Mr. Melon is not subtle about it. He spews out his venom before the whole congregation, and later repeats it as a report to the presbytery. Eddie weighs fight or flight and determines that the mellowing of Mr. Melon will be the major challenge of his ministry at Pear Valley.

    Eddie’s own more liberal views soon put him at serious odds with Mr. Melon, but over time he gains a tentative acceptance through his ministry in Melon family crises. When Eddie's long-lost Navy buddy shows up at Easter with his black wife, the trust dissolves and the whole congregation is affronted. The story climaxes with the Christmas Day burning of a nearby black church and ends with a major act of generosity and an unexpected gesture of reconciliation.

    This is a story of young love, uncertain faith and unconditional friendship. Bert Johnston writes from a Christian perspective for the entertainment of his readers. He preaches no sermons. Readers of Jan Karon’s novels will be among those who enjoy Parson Campbell’s Breakthrough.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBert Johnston
    Release dateApr 29, 2011
    ISBN9781458195579
    Parson Campbell's Breakthrough
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    Bert Johnston

    Bert Johnston is a retired pastor and presbytery executive who has left the writing of sermons for the writing of novels. When he writes of the trials and triumphs of pastors and their churches, he writes to entertain, not to preach, but hopes also to inspire.Bert lives with his wife Betty and their cat, Walter Mitty, in southern Alabama, where the waters of the Tensaw Delta flow through the marshes and empty into the beautiful Mobile Bay.

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