D. Duane Cummins describes this book as "an appreciative 
biography"; Cummins' approach combines the warmth of personal 
acquaintance with a lucid and well-researched account of 
Teegarden's life.

    Kenneth Teegarden was born in Cushing, Oklahoma, in 1921, 
"a fourth-generation Oklahoman and a sixth-generation Disciple," 
and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) never lost its 
importance in his life. Teegarden served as general minister and 
president of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) for many 
years. He was a central figure in planning and explaining the new 
"design" of the church through the Commission for Brotherhood 
Restructure and was "a powerful and constant advocate of peace 
with justice," working toward the passage of peace resolutions and 
encouraging racial integration in the battle for civil rights.

    Kenneth Teegarden was minister in residence at the Brite Divinity 
School after he resigned as general minister and president of the 
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and he continued to teach and 
mentor students, parishioners, friends, and family until his death in 
2002.

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D. DUANE CUMMINS has been a visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins 
University since 2002. He is a past president of Bethany College 
and of the Division of Higher Education of the Christian Church, and 
a former Darbeth-Whitten Professor of American History at Oklahoma 
City University. He is the editor of Alexander Campbell: Adventurer in 
Freedom by Eva Jean Wrather, Vol. I (2005) and the author of Dale 
Fiers: A Twentieth-Century Disciple.