Clarence Jordan (1912 - 1969) was a true American prophet. Reared in the heart of the Southern Baptist Church, he passed up ther options of scholarship or traditional ministry to found an interracial Christian community in Americus, Georgia. His cooperative farm was attacked by the KKK and subject to a total economic boycott. Through his sermons and his so-called "Cotton Patch" version - Jordan laid out a revolutionary vision of the gospel.