Embracing Our Roots | A BBZ ReaderA denominational icon in three letters: BBZ Hers is a catalog of wisdom that outweighs the most durable bookshelf. Hers is an enthusiasm for denominational understanding that awes the most loyal UCCers: Barbara Brown Zikmund. Familiarly known as BBZ, Barbara Brown Zikmund has impacted the self image of the United Church of Christ with her lifetime of theological and historical work. Her knowledge of who and why the UCC isand her appeal for ongoing

Bonnie Bates

978-0-8298-0350-1

—Barbara Brown Zikmund

Active in the Mattachine Society

and history

Becky Manfredini is a longtime writer and author of children's songs

Church of the Wild

"That old time religion" may not be a sufficient coping mechanism without clinical psychological support

" -Martin Copenhaver

Wood participated in protests against the federal government's ban on gay employees

following 4 years of illegal dumping by a manufacturing company and the subsequent decision by North Carolina to bury the carcinogenic waste in Warren County

Hal Harrison is a retired United Church of Christ minister