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Vol. 125, No. 46
Bishop Nichols Endorses
“Right-To-Foo
D. Ward Nichols, Senior Bishop
of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, and twenty-six other na-
tionally prominent religious leaders,
recently signed a special appeal ask-
ing Congress to adopt a resolution
that would make the right to food a
fundamental point of reference in
US. policy formation. The Right-to-
Food resolution was introduced
in the Senate last September. by
Mark O. Hatfield (Rep.-Ore.) and in
the House by Donald M. Fraser
(Dem.-Minn.).
The statement was released by
Bread for the World, a Christian
citizens’ movement that organized
‘support for the resolution through
a nationwide “offering of letters”
in the churches. Bread for the
World estimates that 200,000 let-,
ters backing the resolution have
reached members of Congress since
mid-November.
Hearings on the resolution are
expected to be scheduled soon be-.
fore the House International Rela-
tions Committee’s Subcommittee.
on International Resources, Food
and Energy (Charles C. Diggs, Jr.,
Chairman), and before the Senate
: (Continued on Page 3)
“Excellent” Conf. At
The Rev. Alexander A. Morgan,
Presiding Elder of Los Angeles-San
Diego District recently held his An-
nual District Conference at Grant
A.M.E. Church, Los Angeles; the
Rev. George R. Reid, host pastor.
Rev. Morgan has only served in
this position during the past two
years and is already doing an out-
standing work, keeping the Dis-
trict up to par. Two years ago Bish-
op Bryant saw fit to move his se-
ior Presiding Elder of the Fifth,
Rev. A. K. Quinn, to supervise his
Los Angeles District of the Con-
ference.
So to step into his shoes takes a
lot of courage and faith; some
would have accepted the position
but would not have been able to
rid themselves of a complex of
detriment, which automatically
brings on defeat. This is the reason
why I glady emphasize his progres-
ive success in his new position.
The first morning session opened
with a blaze of Spiritual atmosphere
that never cooled off throughout
the Conference. The morning Wor-
ship Service was called by Rev.
George R. Reid, Host Pastor; Rev.
S. E. Dom of Grant lined the open-
ATTENTION
ALL CANDIDATES!
If you are running for an
office at General Conference
in Atlanta, it is important that
you register immediately with
Dr. Russell Brown, the General
Secretary, if you have not al-
ready done so. Your name and
the position or office you seek
is needed. This is a must.
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Rey. Alexander A. Morgan
ing hymn; the Morning Prayer was
given by Rev. C. D. Davidson, As-
sociate of Bethel; Scriptures by
Rev. James Allen and Rev. Mattie
P. Brown; and the Decalogue by
Rey. T. W. Watson. |
The Introduction of Speaker was
by Presiding Elder Morgan, who
graciously presented the Rev. BK.
Swanson, who has been hid away
down on the desert in El Centro,
doing an outstanding work through-
out that area. :
Rev. Swanson stood proudly be
hind the Pulpit with his stalky built
statue, preaching various phases of
spiritual emotions; speaking on the
subject, “Mountains To Climb.”
Following the Invitation by Rev.
Charles Foster, Holy Communion
was served by various dignitaries,
such as Bishop Harrison J. Bryant,
Presiding Bishop of the Fifth;
Bishop H. Hartford Brookins; Pre-
(Continued on Page 3)
(Room for meeting place will be placed on Board in Hotel Lobby.)
MONDAY, MAY 24, 1976
“PRICE 15 CENTS
Mother’s Day Services
With Bethel, Nashville
Approves Loan To
Complete Church Centre
By Rev. C. Webster
I wish the A.M.E. Church to know that the “Christian Action for
Development in the Caribbean” (CADEC) has done us a real and needed
good. We had the Agape A.M.E. Church Centre for over two years stand-
ing at the rear of this church, without a roof covering the second floor.
We could use the first floor since it
was covered by the flooring of the
second, but we could not stay in it
or use it during the rain season
(which we have here most of the
time).
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
Henry W. Murph, President of Council of Bishops, is calling fol-
lowing Committees to meet with him at Atlanta Hilton Hotel:
June 11th 10 a.m.
June 14th 10 a.m.
June 14th 2 p.m.
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Bishop F. H. Talbot
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Luncheon
The Fifth Episcopal District,
Missouri Conference Women’s Mis-
sionary Society sponsored a “Bi-
centennial Fashion Celebration” in
the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott
Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, recently.
The Women’s Missionary Society
Models of Distinction ushered in
1976 Spring fashions to more than
700 excited and enthusiastic mis-
sionaries and their friends. i
General Officer Franc C. Cum-'
mings, Presiding Elders Harvey L.
Vaughn, Sr., J. S. T. Decker, and
the leading pastors: Rev. James Ox-
ley, St. Paul; Rev. L. C. Wormley,
Wayman; Rey. C. W. Howard, St.
District.
The we
following persons
ference Branch President;
man—Reservations and Tickets;
Decorations
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Social Securify
Tax Hike ‘Must’
Reported by Nashville Banner
Submitted by J. M. Granberry, Jr.
Washington (UPI)—The Social Security System’s trustees say
tax increases are a must if the program is to stay solvent in the
face of escalating costs. The system is simply paying out more in
benefits than it’s earning from payroll
taxes and will be in even worse shape
over the next 75 years than was pro-
jected last year, the trustees said
Monday.
In its annual report to Congress the
three cabinet member Board of Trus-
tees recommended prompt action “to
strengthen the financing of the old
: : : age, Survivors and disability insurance
alee .* system over the near term by means of
; ; appropriate increases in the tax rates.”
Rev. J. M. Granberry, Jr. President Ford has proposed a
0.3 percent boost in the payroll tax paid by 100 million workers,
matched by a 0.3 per cent increase for employers, effective next
year. The trustees neither supported nor rejected Ford’s specific
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& Fashion Show In 5th Epis. Dist.
James; Rev. Daniel Pinkard, St.
John, and their lovely wives were
among those present to welcome
our own Conference Branch Presi-
dent, Mrs. Vititia Dykes, the reign-
ing Queen of the Fifth Episcopal
responsible for this successful cele-
bration: Mrs. Vititia Dykes, Con-
Mrs.
Catherine Anthony, Fashion Show
Chairman; Mrs. Ossie Slaten, Chair-
Committee—Mrs.
Frankie Clemons and. Mrs. Sallie
By Thelma A. Wills
Most of us are aware of the en-
dangered or vanishing species, as
the bald eagle, the wolf, the blue
whale, the tiger, the crytic deer am
others of lower animal life—but
what .about the office of mother-
hood? Is it too, endangered? Will it
too, at some point in time become
threatened by extinction?
Will the “test tube” fetus in the
laboratory replace the natural func-
tion of the “uterus” as the habitat
of the fetus?
On the other hand, will abortion
become so prevalent under the
guise of “prepared parenthood”
and/or the pretended solution to
poverty and to our ever-threatening
population explosion, that the
Christian Church itself will unani-
mously acquiese?
God forbid, that “motherhood”
which was ordained by God with
His full approval, should ever be-
come endangered, said the minister
of Bethel A.M.E. Church, Nashville,
the Rev. Walter W. Reid, in a spe-
‘cial Mother’s Day sermon, Sunday
May 2, 1976, at the 11 o’clock hour.
The auditorium was filled to its
capacity as usual, for people come
from far and near and from the
Word of Gos as proclaimed by this
dynamic young spirit-filled preach-
er. His subject was “The Endanger-
ed Office of Motherhood,” and the
background scripture used was the
10th Chapter of Proverbs.
“Man cannot improve upon the
handiwork of God-nature never re-
verses itself—God is an organized
a God, declared Reverend Reid.
(Continued on Page 6)
Black Churches Sef
Alcohol Abuse Fight
Washington, D.C.—Nationwide at-
tention on a far-reaching pioneering
approach to combatting a critical
problem in the black community
focused on metropolitan Washing-
ton during the first National Pre-
‘vention of Alcohol Abuse Through
Black Churches Week, May 16-23,
1976.
The program was sponsored by
the Black Churchmen’s Ecumenical
Institute in cooperation with the
Distilled Spirits Council in the
United States, Inc. (DISCUS). This
marks the first time DISCUS has co-
operated with an organization of
black ministers in a project affect-
ing the black community.
Highlight of the special week
was a May 20 rally and graduation
of the first class of 17 “Ministers of
Health” —clergymen from the Wash-
ington area who have undergone in-
tensive study of the underlying
causes of alcohol abuse and train-
ing in modern techniques for
coping with it.
Coordinating the entire program
for the special week was the Rev.
Robert E. Pipes, President of the
Black Churchmen’s Ecumenical In-
stitute.
He explained that ministers of
some 35,000 churches in the U.S.
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A. M. E. CHRISTIAN RECORDER
RINGING the
With Bob Tieuel
Sharing the Black Experience at
B E I I _ Easter—Will Rogers, the late cow-
» 4+ fs boy humorist, philosopher and
columnist and a native of our ole
poo state of Oklahoma used to
say that if he were a black man he
would spend a great deal of time
the
stone wall of bigotry, hatred and
oppression and that maybe ‘‘some-
day a dent would be made in those
a
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“beating my head’ against
walls.”
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could see that “dents” were being}racy; “What shall | do then with
made in the walls and in a few]this man called Jesus?’ No doubt!
cases, some were crumbling but]}some said release Him and let Him
that ‘many walls’ still remain and]go, but the great majority cried:
those of us, regardless of race or]*Crucify dim!”
creed or religion, must continue to
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This Man was the hope of all
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A.M, E, CHRISTIAN RECORDER
PAGE THREE
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L. A. San Diego Dist. Conf.
(Continued from Page 1)
siding Elder C. Wayn Love of thely
Sacramento District; Presiding El]
der Washington of the California
Conference; Presiding Elder Morgan
of the Southern California
ference, and others.
Con-
The first day afternoon session
began with an enlightening and in-
formational address on Christian
Stewardship by Bro. Adolphus B.
Clay, Stewardship Coordinator; fol-|
lowed by the District Stewards’ Re-
ports, which were all satisfactory
and appreciated by Presiding Elder
A. A. Morgan.
Rev. Edward P. Williams and
Rev. Warren Campbell began the
afternoon Institute Period, which
was extremely interesting and in-
formative, bringing forth hidden
information. The various cultural
aspects presented were on the sub-
jects: Programmins, Budgeting, Re-
cruiting, and Stabilization. Panel
chairmen were the Reverends
George R. Reid, Jerry W. Ford,
Paul E. Kidd, and J. Curtis Foster.
The Rt. Rev. Harrison J. Bryant,
our loved and honored Presiding
Bishop of the Fifth Episcopal Dis-
trict closed the Session, expressing
his love for having the opportunity
to lead this great District into
far-reaching progress with expan-
sion accomplishments to be proud
of. He thanked all the preachers
and laymen for their support.
Appreciation for their eight fine
years of administrative leadership
was shown with a huge applause
being given for both Bishop Bryant
and his most lovely wife, affection-
ately referred to as Mother Bryant,
Supervisor of the District.
The night Session comprised of a
program of various choir demon-
strating their abilities and talents.
Saturday’s Closing Session be-
gan with an early Special Prayer
Breakfast, followed with Lay Re-
ports and other business chaired by
the Lay President of the Confer-
ence, Mr. Floyd Webster.
The speaker for the Noon Day
Hour of Power Services was Mr.
~ Moses -Walters- of San Bernadino,
California, who delivered a very
outstanding Lay Message.
The Laymen then closed out
this very fine District with a beau-
tiful Reception for Presiding Elder
Morgan and his lovely wife Wilma B.
Morgan, who like all other leading
wives is of great aid to his success,
Every one in attendance received
a flower, and Mrs. Morgan was pre-
sented with a gorgeous corsage. The
Presiding Elder and host pastor
George R. Reid received bouton-
niers and a beautiful ‘Welcome
Cake” was placed in the center of
a table with a beautiful Bible.
Mr. Don Lee White, Minister of
Music of Grant A.M.E. Church and
the Director of the Southern Cali-
fornia Conference Choir, furnished
the music for each session of the
conference.
Adoplhus B. Clay,
Public Relations Director,
Southern California Conf.
Nichols Aids “Food” Appeal
(Continued from Page 1)
Agriculture and Forestry Com-
mittee’s Subcommitte on Foreign
Agricultural Policy (Hubert H.
Humphrey, Chairman).
The resolution has also been as-
signed to the House Agriculture
Committee, whose chairman,
Thomas S. Foley, has said that the
entire committee will consider it
after action by the House Interna-
tional Relations Committee.
The resolution, aS a concurrent
resolution, has no legal force, but
its proponents argue that it would
lay the groundwork for efforts
against hunger that are far more
comprehensive and effective than at
present. These efforts, they Say,
would emphasize self-help develop-
ment and the increasing of food
productivity among the rural poor
of the least developed nations.
For additional information con-
tact Stephen Coats at Bread for the
World, 235 East 49th Street, New
York, N.Y. 10017, (212) 75 1-3925,
Dr. Walter C. Davis Endorses
Charles E. Toston For Bishop
Shown above, left, is the Rev.
Dr. Charles E. Toston,
Rev. Dr. Walter C. Davis.
I am most pleased at this time to
talk to my many friends across the
church about Dr. Charles E. Toston,
my dear friend, and candidate for
the office of Bishop. I have known
Dr. Toston for many years, and |
have found him to possess all the
qualities that I expect and admire
in a person who seeks the highest
office within the gift of the church.
It pleases me to recommend him
to be elected one of the Bishops
of the church. I know him as a
Christian, Church builder, and bro-
ther beloved. He has never lost the
common touch.
I am working untiringly for his
election, and am asking all my
friends to join me. I am sure we
will have no regrets. Toston is
Florida’s strong man.
—Walter C. Davis
Ringing The Bell
(Continued from Page 2)
ing Queens of Plainview lost a
squeaker to National General West—
67-66 in the recent finals of the
48th annual National AAU Tourna-
ment in Gallup, New Mexico. The
loss stopped the Queens’ bid for a
third straight title and 11th all-time
championship.
The Bellringer congratulates the
entire team for a job well done as
usual and special orchids to senior
Pearl Worrell who finished her four-
year career with 1,273 points and
734 rebounds, ranking fifth on the
all-time Queen scoring list and
senior playmaker Rosemary Brown,
a 1975 All-American honoree. Sis-
ter Worrell made the All-American
team in 1974.
Orchids also to Willie Hammond,
a soul brother and a business man
of Odessa, for his re-election as a
councilman, It just goes to show
that when you fight for the people
in public office these days, they
will sometimes remember. We need
a lot more of Willie Hammonds in
West Texas and Southeastern New
Mexico.
Dr. A. Lewis Williams, hard-hit-
ting editor of the A.M.E. CHRIS-
TIAN RECORDER suggested in a
recent editorial: “We have gone
about as far aS we can go with as-
sessments. Surely the time has
come to try something different.
How about stewardship? Let’s tell
no one how much he may give...
let each one buy as much of stew-
ardship as his heart dictates.” (The
General Conference [40th] opens
in Atlanta, Ga. June 16-25, 1976.)
Bellringers planning to attend
the National Sunday School and
BTU Congress which meets in Kan-
sas City, Mo., June 15-20, 1976
should contact Rev. Leonard R.
Mitchell (816) 923-3689 in Kansas
City. The historic Muehlebach Ho-
tel is headquarters for the confab.
For Whom the Bells Toll: We
shall miss Rev. L. McNeil, a presid-
ing elder and pastor in West Texas
for many years and a friend who
was a devoted A.M.E. Also the late
Paul Young of Waco who served as
a C.M.E. pastor in Abilene, Texas
for a number of years. Both were
ardent Bellringers. Until we meet
again, Peace
and the
Master Dedication Ceremony,
humanity.
where young people
Debutante-Master
scene management.
This beautiful ceremony is one of the regular
features of the General Conference, and has been
1952. In its 7th quadrennial session the
Ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday, June 20,
in the magnificent and spacious auditorium of the
since
Mrs. Dorothy Nixon,
Host DMC Commissioner
Social Security Tax Hike ‘Must’
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proposal but did advise against dip-
ping into general tax revenues or
increasing the social security tax
earnings base—the amount of in-
come subject to taxes.
“The long-term picture is now
shown, under new assumptions, as
holding out the prospect of higher
future costs that had been previ-
ously projected.” said the com-
missioner James Cardwell at a news
briefing.
Long-range acturial cost esti-
mates indicate that for every year
under present law, estimated spend-
ing will exceed estimated income,
including a $4.3 billion deficit this
year, said the report by trustee
Treasury Secretary William Simon;
Health, Education and Welfare Sec-
retary David Mathews; and Labor
Secretary W. J. Usery.
Reserve funds for disability
insurance benefits covering 32.6
million persons will be exhausted
beginning in 1979 and sometime in
the 1980s for old age and survivors
insurance unless the rates are in-
creased, the trustees predicted.
More difficulties also were fore-
cast for the trust funds backing up
Medicare hospital and doctor bill
insurance for 24.3 million eligible
persons.
Trustees in 1975 said financing
schedules for hospital insurance
would be adequate over most of the
next 25 years. But the new report a
year later said:
“Tax rates scheduled after the
mid-1980s are not sufficient to
sustain the system, resulting in an
average 25-year deficit of 0.64 per
cent of taxable payroll.”
For non-Medicare programs pro-
viding cash benefits, the average
annual deficit is estimated at 7.89
per cent of taxable payroll instead
of the 5.32 per cent deficit pre-
dicted last year.
Debutante-Master Ceremony Complete
For General Conference Presentation
By Thelma A, Wills
Public Relations, DMC
Just as the newscasters of television and radio are currently counting
the days between now and the Nation’s 200th Birthday (Bicentennial
Celebration), so are the young men and women (100 or more strong)
who will participate in the Christian Debutante-
during the 40th
session of the General Conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, convening in Atlanta,
Georgia, June 16-27, 1976, counting the days and
perhaps the hours between now and the time when
they shall make their formal entrance into Chris-
tian society (debut), looking forward to an en-
riched life dedicated to the service of God and
More specifically, as has been previously stated,
“This ceremony affords a Christian Church setting
entering adulthood
introduced to the Church and dedicate their lives
to continued and greater service for Christ.”
Everything is in complete readiness for the
Dedication Ceremony, except
for the most minute details which require on-the-
Candidate For Public Relations
Known Throughout Church
Mrs. M. A. Snowden Jones is a
candidate for the office of Public
Relations. She defines “public re-
lations” of an organization as deal-
ing with the general public through
the publicity of an organization to
form favorable public opinion,
She states that it is her desire to
represent the great African Method-
ist Episcopal Church in 1976 at
Atlanta,“I am praying every day to
my main source for guidance to di-
rect me in all of my undertaking.
He has never failed me or turned
me down, It is my desire to work in
#|God’s vineyard until He says,
‘enough done thou good and faith-
ful servant...’
“As a candidate for Public Re-
lations I feel that it is time for the
A.M.E. ’s to help one who helped
to elect all Bishops and General
Officers in the A.M.E. Church since
1932. The new Bishops who were
elected in Dallas and General Offi?
are
Mrs. Ruth Anderson,
Connectional cers had my prayers for their suo~
4 Cess, 7,
n
ree Mrs. Snowden continues, “If I
am elected, I will work with all news
media and get the job done. I will
Strive with the help of the Lord to
keep the church in the forefront with
all the news. Pray with me and vote
Atlanta Civic Center (seat of the for me in Atlanta in June, 1976.
General: Conference), 395 Piedmont | ecemsmensensanseemeae: ae oe
Avenue, N.E. Mrs. Edith Bryant will be Honorary Mistress of Cere-
monies at this service. Immediately following, will be a Reception at the
St. Paul A.M.E. Church.
Mrs. Julma B. Crawford, founder-director with General Officer status
since 1972, together with her official staff, co-workers and supporters
across the Church, has everything in its proper perspective.
Numerous are the activities associated with the Christian Debutante-
Master Program under auspices of the DMC: among these was the Fifth
Annual Appreciation Awards Ban-
quet honoring adults for hu-
manitarian service, held in Chicago’s
Palmer House on May 2, 1976, at
which time and place, approximate-
ly $3,000.00 in Scholarship U.S.
Savings Bonds was awarded to win-
ners in the First International Essay
Contest sponsored by the DMC.
This affair was most outstanding.
On June 6, 1976 Open House
and Dedication of the new DMC
Headquarters will be held in Chi-
cago, at 1744 E. 73rd Place.
Events yet to be presented by
the DMC during the General Con-
ference in Atlanta, Georgia, can be
found in this edition at the bottom
of Page 8.
May we all meet in Atlanta, come
June 16-27, at Atlanta’s Civic Cen-
ter, and do great things for Christ
and the Church of Allen.
Mrs. Julma B. Crawford,
Director-Administrator,
DMC
(Not pictured is Mrs. Mary Jack-
son, DMC Banquet Chairperson
and Delegate.)
Announcing the Candidacy
OF
THELMA A. WILLS
FOR THE
OFFICE OF
PUBLIC RELATIONS
OF THE
A.M.E. CHURCH
Subject to ELECTION at
the General Conference in
Atlanta, Ga. June 16-27,
1976.
Mrs. Thelma A. Wills
Thelma Wills
is:
Capable
Dedicated
Experienced
Dependable and
Worthy—therefore . . .
Your Prayers and Your VOTE are Eamestly
and Profoundly Solicited.
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OUR MOTTO: Come, Let Us Reason Together
THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER BELIEVES
Tm the.essential worth and dignity of every human soul,
In the ultimate destiny of man as good.
That merit should be an unfailing measuring of a man
That freedom is more precious than life.
That the self-revelation of God is an un-ending process.
Tnat understanding is the balance wheel of human progress.
@ That man can escape the orisor walls of hate and go on to scale
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Poweeeeo Rl Ae P A GE
the limit-less heights.
EDITORIAL OFFICES
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.. Associate Editor
Consulting Editor
teases The Roving Editor
..Contributing Editor
...Religious Lit. Editor
sen Laymen’s Editor
Special Editor
cee Special Editor
. Special Correspondent
Contributing Editor
Rev. T. BE. Cobbs ...
Mr. B. P. Wallace
Iirs. Myrtice Goree 2.0. ,
A.M.E. Appointments
By A. Lewis Williams
Looking through my morning mail I observed that Dr. B. S.
Roberts of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the very prominent candi-
dates for the Bishopric is burning the mortgage at St. John’s,
Tulsa... Dr. Roberts has been the pastor of St. John for
twenty-five years and has done a great job.
In the same mail was a letter from Dr. Lovell Johnson of
Milwaukee. He has not been in Milwaukee all of those years
but for the ten or eleven years he has been there, he has done a
magnificent job for us. His “Church of the Anvil” that he has
helped erect at the cost of more than a million dollars is some-
thing to see. Besides all of that, he has added more than 2,400:
people to that congregation during his ministry. He wants to
be a Bishop now and we are not against it.
We have not always agreed that our pastors should stay at
oné church for many, many years. We have advocated more.
often that the itinerant system should be observed. That even
good pastors should move on and bless some other congrega-,
tion with ‘their goodness and those pastors who were not so
good should not impose the penalty of their presence on any
one congregation for unnumbered years. os
But these letters on my desk remind me that there may be,
a great deal of good that a pastor can do at a church if he is:
left there long enough to really do a job. I am thankful for the
flexibility that we have in the A.M.E. Church; we can move
them on or we cah let them stay. ! believe it’s better that way
and truly we should not have any hard and fast laws that say a
man must go when there is no good reason why he should. It’s
~ safer to leave the business of whether a man should go or stay
in the hands of the Bishop. The ill-fated eight-year law taught
us something that we will not soon forget. '
And now the Bishops are asking should not the eight-year
law for Bishops be rescinded. I believe that the eight-year law
for Bishops is a good law, for we all remember the time when
Bishops stayed and stayed. They built up little kingdoms for
themselves and in some cases did a great deal of good, but in
other cases .. ey did a great deal of harm.
‘Bishops and pastors are human beings with certain definite
limitations. Very few of us seem to know when the time
comes to get up off of a brother. A Bishop comes on the work
and promotes those that he promotes and demotes those that
he demotes and he may stay on the work for twenty more
years, but he never seems to go back and re-examine his first
notions, so the promoted continues in his promotion and the
demoted continues in their demotion.
But when a new Bishop comes, the poor brother who has
been demoted may have a chance under the new Bishop to rise
up again. I suppose we pastors do the same thing in our
charges. We keep the same stewards that we had, the same high
Officers that we had, and we very seldom go back into the con- J
E, CHRISTIAN
RECORDER
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH |
Across The Desk
From The Desk Of H. A. Belin, Jr.,
The African Methodist Church Publisher,
414 Eighth Avenue South, Nashville, Tenn.
PEARL STREET A. M. E. CHURCH
Jackson, Mississippi
When you receive your ‘New
Improved Adult-Teacher Quarterly“
for Summer Quarter, 1976, you will
note that) the cover features the
Pearl Street African Methodist Epis-
copal Church of Jackson, Mississippi.
We plan such features of our
proud A.M.E. Institutions in future
columns we are privileged to write
for this space.
Pearl Street A.M.E. Church, for-
merly known as Foley’s Chapel
A.M.E. Church began as a mission
in 1865 on Pearl Street near the old
church site. Initially, the Church
began with the missionaries, Rev.
Page Tyler and Rev. T. W. Stringer.,
The first physical plant was
built on the old property and took
the name of its pastor, Rev. H. M.
Foley. From this little church went
forth one of its first licentuate,
Rev. C. S. Smith, who helped or-
ganize the Sunday School Union
Department and later became one
of the Episcopal Fathers of the
Church.
The little mission was nurtured
in its infancy by Rev. T. W. Stringer
until Rev. Foley accepted the reins.
Under Rev. Foley’s administration,
the mission began growing toward
fruition as a recognized church.
The ministers who served Foley’s
Chapel are as follows: Reverends
O. A. Douglass, Edward Scott, Cart-
wright, W. T. Botley, D. A. White,
George Bryant; W. H. Coleman,
A. G. Williams, J. A. Davis, S. T.
Brown, M. M. Mayo, A. H. Meres,
and R. A. Adams.
It was during Rev. Adam’s pas-
torate that the J. P. Campbell Col-
lege was moved from Vicksburg,
Mississippi to Jackson. It was de-
termined that the church and the
school served as a drawing medium,
one to the other.
gregation to find some other
good brother and give him a
chance at doing something valuable for the church. So since
we have these limitations, it’s best that we not stay too long,
for we may have some poor brother thrown away that should
be rescued from obscurity and given his place in the sun.
I was serving in the Fourth District and Bishop Joseph Allen
came on the work and found me somewhat in obscurity and
those who ran things explained ot the Bishop that ‘Williams
can’t do anything but preach.” Bishop Joseph Allen was de-
lighted and said, ‘““That’s the man I’m looking for; I’m looking
for a man that can’t do anything but preach—I have a place for
that man.” And he rescued me from obscurity and the Church
could never bury me again.
Most of us get labeled as we move around in the Church.
Labels do not help us very much. The truth is, no one knows
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Monday, May 24, 1976
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Dr. H. A. Belin, Jr.
The second phase of the history
of Pearl Street began with Rev. J. E.
Carter. It was under his administra-
tion that Foley Chapel and the par-
sonage was moved to face Clifton
Street. It was durir.c this time that
a new church yas rected facing
Pearl Street and it assumed the
name “Pearl Street.” Foley Chapel
was reconstructed at Campbell Col-
lege in Foley Hall.
The ministers who followed the
pastorate of Rev. Carter were: Rev.
A. J. Russell, who had no resem- -
blance at all to Black execpt in his
preaching and Rev. J. W. Hair, who
was the exact opposite. It was
through his administration that
Pearl Street began its foothold for
African Methodism in the city of
Jackson.
Also on the roster of ministers,
following Rev. Hair are: Reverends
I. B. Granderson, J. G. Kolheim,
J. W. Golden, C. M. Hayden, T. A.
Collins, A. W. Walker, A. L. Murray,
D. E. Rice, R. N. Long, J. R. Powe,
B. J. Jackson, A. C. Wells, L..O.
Grady, William A. Redditte, Fred-
erick Divers, H. W. Henning, B. J.
Nolen, R.K. Young, S. L. Green, Jr.,
R. M. Stevens, and T. W. Gaines.
Then came Rey. G. R. Haughton,
who was instrumental in the con-
struction of the present site. The
next pastors were Dr. G. A. Sewell
and Rev. W. M. Portis.
The present pastor is Rev. Thom-
as B. Brown, who in the second
year of his administration has prov-
en to the city of Jackson his worth
aS a pastor, his dynamics in admin-
istration, organization, and leader-
ship. Pearl Street has taken on a
new character and promises of a
bright future.
Pearl Street is an important
chapter in the huge volume of the
edifices of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church. The structure in
material worth and spiritual value
stands as a citadel of African Meth-
odism in the state of Mississippi,
and a brightened monument to the
sainted souls who have passed this
way. It is the story of God’s op-
pressed sons and daughters of Allen
emitting impetus to life. _
The church stands dedicated to
the proposition of first preaching
Christ; second, giving our sons and’
daughters faith to preserve, courage!
to resist, and love to lift them from
bondage to liberty.
This is our contribution to the
Bicentennial, not only of America,
but of our Church, breathing and
living in the dynamics of the leader-
ship of Richard Allen, our founder.
Let us know your reaction to
this feature.
If you are in Atlanta for the Gen-
eral Conference, you will see a con-
densed version of the above feature
in the original publication, “Our
Beginning —One-hundred eighty-
eight Years of Progress of the Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal Church.”
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Monday, May 24, 1976 A.M. E
cenee
3 &
mendation from Mrs. Rae Cunningham, representing Mayor
Tom Bradley, while Councilman Gilbert Lindsay, looks on
State Assemblyman Curtis Tucker presents a resolution from
the Assembly and Senate to the honoree in the next picture
The Ford Family is shown in the third photo as they were in-
Clergy, Friends
Boost Minister
(Reprinted from the Los Angeles Sentinel)
By VIRGIE W. MURRAY
Campaign celebrations. parties. testimonials and
tributes are being held around the country Can-
didates are seeking the office of President of the Unit-
ex] States. as well as Senate. Congress, state and local
offices Ford and his family
Other candidates are in-} One Gerald Ford. is seek-| The Rt. Rev. John Hurst
spired for other offices. the} ing election to the Presiden-| Adams. presiding prelate of
highest position in the] cy he now holds. Another|the 10th Episcopal District of
church. the bishopric. or] Ford. the Rev. Jerry W.|the AME Church. was the
generai officers. etc Ford. 1s seeking to be elect-|principal speaker. Bishop
TESTIMONIAL HONORS THE FORD FAMILY — Bishopric
.candidote, the Rev. Jerry W. Ford and his family were
«honored May 1, ot a gala Testimonial Dinner at the Chalon
Mart Restaurant. Mony friends and well-wishers porticipat-
ed in the event. In the left ohoto. Rev. Ford receives o com-
ed to the bishopric of the
African Methodist Episcopal
Church. during the General
Conference in Atlanta. Ga..
June 15-26
~ AME’s and other de-
nominational. civic and
political friends of the Rev
Ford were on hand May | to
give him a_ tremendous
boost. The committee com-
mitteed to his election as
bishop sponsored a
testimonial for the Rev.
CHRISTIAN RECORDER
Adams was in Los Angeles
especially to deliver his
“Hands of Friendship Across
the Years,” for his campaign
manager when he was seek-
ing the bishopric.
The secretary of the Coun-
cil of Bishops and. soon-to-be
president of the council next
month said, ‘‘Why elect Jerry
Ford? Because he has integri-
ty to his identity. He is an
African Methodist Episcopal.
a deciple of Christ and a child
of God. -
“The priorities of his
primary are his family.
friends and his church. Bethel
AME Church. Rev. Ford is a
credibility to the community.
troduced to the vast audience. From left are: Jerry W. Ford
Jr, son, medical student at the University of Vienna,
Austria, Miss Sherri L. Ford, daughter, senior psychology
major at California State University, Long Beach; Mrs.
Marion L. Ford, first lady, and Rev. Ford, pastor of Bethel
An area of spiritual renaissance } —
(Reprinted from the Baltimore Post)
By EARL ARNEVTT
“The black church is in the midst of a}
great renaissance,” said the Rev. John
R. Bryant, pastor of the Bethel A. M. E
Church, located at the corner of Druid
Hill avenue and Lanvale street.
“Things are happening; we're getting
the involvement of young people, as the
church relates to a return to positive
spirituality. Many churches haa hecome
social worker institutions in tne Sixties
and lost the whole spiritual, mystical
reality of the faith. Now the churches
are turning toward this spirituality as a
model.”
His own example helped prove the
point. In the 11 months Dr. Bryant has
led the Bethel congregation, member-
ship has increased by 400. About 1,000
people, young and old, from all walks of
life, throng the church every Sunday.
This 32-year-old preacher seems repre-
sentative of a new dynamism at work,
particularly in black, inner-city church-
es.
“This charismatic movement is
booming in the more evangelistic
churches,” confirmed Franklin C. Show-
ell, executive director of the Commis-
sion on Afro-American and Indian Histo-
churches as well. Most have new, young
pastors committed to an inner-city min-
istry.
The black church has always played a
special role in Afro-American history.
Black leaders had opportunities to de-
velop within these sanctuaries, even
when the outside society practiced and
condoned slavery.
For decades the churches provided
the only safe avenues for black expres-
sion of all kinds~spiritual, artistic and
political. The modern civil rights move-
ment began in the pulpit.
The Bethel church, for example,
claims to be the oldest independent
}black congregation in the city (although
the historic documentation seems to fa-
vor the Sharp Street Memorial United
Methodist Church). Daniel Coker appar-
ently organized a society of free Ne-
groes in 1785. According to church tradi-
tion, a Bethel Church was built in 1787
at the present intersection of Guilford
avenue and Saratoga street.
“This was one of the first places
where black people were taught to read
and write by black people,” Dr. Bryant
said. “Bethel participated in the under-
ground railroad movement and gave
birth to five other African Methodist
Episcopal churches. The Afro-Ameri-
ry and Culture. Dr. Showell also assists}can newspaper was started here and
his father, Bishop Winfield A. Showell,
head of the First Apostolic Faith Church
in East Baltimore.
“We have about 1,100 every Sunday,
including 300 to 400 young adults. Black
young people in the Sixties were turned
off by the church, but found themselves
without any spiritual foundation. They
turned to drugs and developed a person-
al void, a vacuum that was not filled;
now they’re turning to the church.”
Dr. Bryant had named the Rev. Har-
old A. Carter (New Shiloh Baptist), the
Rev. Vernon Dobson (Union Baptist), the
Rev. Marion C. Bascom (Douglas Memo-
rial Community), Bishop Showell and
the Rev., Monroe R. Saunders (First
United Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic)
among the leaders of this resurgence.
Dr. Showell included the Soythern,
Leadenhall, St. Paul, Concord, Grace
Memorial and Mount Lebanon Baptist
.| Coppin State College was named after a
former pastor’s wife. The church has al-
ways been in the forefront of civil
rights.”
In 1910, the congregation moved to
its present location, which had been the
site of an Episcopal church in an all-
white neighborhood. It was a bold move
and the mortgage payments almost
proved too much. But a beleaguered con-
gregation sent for a noted fund-raiser,
W. Sampson Brooks, and a 24-hour serv-
ice saved the day. Legend relates that a
janitor in City Hall rang the bell when he
learned that the migney had been raised.
Dr. Bryant’s father became the
church’s pastor when his son was only 6
years old and served until elevated to
the bishopric in 1964. So the present pas-
tor grew up in Baltimore, started
preaching when he was 18 and served as
his father's assistant until he graduated
from Morgan State University.
After two years in the Peace Corps,
he obtained a master’s degree in theolo-
gy from Boston University and later a
doctorate from the Colgate-Rochester
Divinity School. He returned to this city
after working for five years as pastor of
the St. Paul A. M. E. Church in Cam-
bridge, Mass.
“We're seeing a return to the old
landmarks,” he said, “prayer meetings
and testimony hours, the concepts of
conversion and salvation. Just as God is
a trinity, I preach that man is a trinity
of mind, body and spirit. The dilemma is
that the society here sees man only as
mind and body. I maintain that the spirit
transcends the other two. And the young
people are returning to this aspect. They
pursued the other two and found it
doesn’t offer the answer.
“We have to return to some things we
cannot explain. Man is not God. There's
‘still an order and being beyond us, which
helps us become better creatures, better
people. We believe with Aquinas that the
last. step to God has to be one of faith,
which, as Kierkegaard said, is absurd.
“For black folk to want to move here
in 1910 was illogical. But they were not
led by reason. They were led by faith
which teaches all things are possible if
you believe.”
Religious faith enabled Afro-Ameri-
cans to endure social repressions, he
argued. Now he and others are preach-
ing that the same faith is needed to res-
ist poor education, bad housing and insti-
tutional racism.
The city’s 50 per cent black popula-
tion is still not reflected in the citadels
of polticial and economic power, he said.
So black people have to work together
diligently to build dignity and pride. It’s
a long, uphill struggle, he said, and the
first step is bringing people to church to
establish the spiritual foundation for the
task.
“It’s difficult to come up with a mor-
al man in an immoral society,” he con-.
cluded. “What you have to do is counter
the culture, push the old conception of
thrift, putting God in front of material
possessions. And the only thing that can
really counter is the reality of God.”
PAGE FIVE
T
AME Church, and a candidate for the bishopric. Many
Participants were featured at the celebration. Some of the
Participants shown in the right photo from left are: the Rt
Rev. John Hurst Adams, Principal speaker; the Rev. V. L
Brenson, campaign manager; Rev. Ford, and the Ri. Rev,
Testimonial Honors Bishopric Candidate Ford
“-.derick D. Jordan, — HARRY ADAMS PHOTOS
A powerful man. he is very ac-
tive in the institution of mis-
sion. He has given 20 years of
liberation politics to the
Episcopal policy
“Rev. Ford believes that
people are the most precious
And he is concerned for their
property. personal comfort
and pleasures,’’ Bishop
Adams continued
The Rev. DeWitt Graham,
pastor of the Walker Temple
AME Church and chairman
of the tribute. presented the
occasion The Rev Graham
said. “Rev Ford is the kind
ot man that after he’s elect
ed a bishon we can still call
him Jerry ©
The Rev C M Carter.
pastor of Primm Tabernacle
AME Church. Pomona.
became really engrossed in
his presentation. “I Know
the Fords * Rev Carter re-
minisced from 1952 when he
first met the bishopric can-
didate
Councilman Gilbert
Lindsay. of the ‘great’
Ninth District in his tribure
uttered Bishop Ford. |
muigh: as well get use to it
Lindsay added. ‘ The
greatest contributions | could
make is to support him for
bishop It doesnt matter to
(Continued on Page 8)
Sunpapers photo—Richard Childress
The Rev. John R. Bryant at Bethel A. M. E. Church
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Mother's Day Services CADEC Approves Loan yet yrporated (although we
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. rere not get a loan from any
spoken His Son into existence, but Our Bishop F. H. Talbot where; but praise be to God there is
He did not,” the minister would |with this project so heavily nothing good that He cannot do
have his hearers to know. “But He jit was impossible for him to con The president of the Agape Cen 7
> ather selecte . . w e | ide ot Agape Ce : ar) ¢ ;
[God] rather selected the virgin |tinue. We tried to get a loan from |tre Committee kept asking the She Administration Facully
Mary to be the mother of our
Lord.”
There is a beautiful story in the
first chapter of St. Luke regarding
the angel’s announcement to Mary
of her unborn child, and Mary’s re-
sponse in the words of the “Magni-
ficat’’: “What greater tribute could
be bestowed upon mother than that
which God has bestowed? Many
have done viruously, but Mother,
you have excelled them all! What is
it Mother,”’ continued the minister,
“You would not give up or sacrifice
for the salvation of your children?”
He pointed up that motherhood
is one of hte few holy qualities yet
with us. For our life-style has
robbed us of most of those things
which are holy, Our cry today is for
more money or more power and we
as human beings get it in any way
we can: we rob, we kill, we cheat,
we beat, etc.
The speaker also referred to
John Q. Adams, Abe Lincoln, Dr.
Ralph Bunch, and other great men
who gave their mothers the credit
for their success in life. Pastor Reid
concluded this all-important ser-
mon with a glowing tribute to his
own mother, Mrs. A. O. Reid of
Chattanooga, using the lovely lyrics
of “Mother Machree”’:
“There is a spot in my heart,
which no colleen may own, There is
a depth in my soul, never sounded,
Black Churches Set
Alcohol Abuse Fight
(Continued from Page 1)
which serve black congregations
joined together to celebrate their
effort to combat alcohol abuse by
devoting all or part of their sermons,
on May 16 and 23 to observance of
the week.
“The aim is to make the public
aware -of how. we are now training
ministers to relate to the alcohol
abuse problem,” Rev. Pipes declar-
ed. “Also, we hope to provide a
larger number of ministers and
church leaders with a recognition
and understanding of the training
model. which the Black Church-
men’s Institute (BCEI) is develop-| §
ing and which may eventually be} @
implemented by them in their
own congregations.”
“Furthermore, we want minis-
ters associated with BCEI national-
ly to speak on themes related to
this subject and to invite profes-
’ sionals in this area of concern to
make educational presentations to
their congregations regarding the
alcohol abuse problem,” Rev. Pipes
added.
Three major themes of BCEI’s
program on Prevention of Alcohol
Abuse for Ministers which were
promoted during the week were:
(1) to teach ministers how to
discover the deep-rooted emotional
and psychological problems, often
complicated by environmental and
social stresses, that lie . behind
abusive use of alcohol;
(2) to teach ministers how to
employ counseling and rehabilita-
tive support for chronic sufferers of
problems related to abuse of alco-
hol and how to make referrals of
those requiring clinical and/or med-
ical treatment in overcoming their
problems; and,
(3) to teach ministers how to
develop and implement education-
prevention models in their congre-|-
gations so that parishoners and oth-
others in the community served are
made aware of the inter-related re-
sponsibilities of both the alcohol
users and non-users.
Rev. Pipes said this last point is
particularly significant in showing
the drinker and non-drinker respect
for each other and acceptance of
each other. :
“This is redemptive conciliation.
This is the spirit of the Christian
faith,’ he asserted.
banks,
Neen ee eee eel
etc., but since we are not |CADE(
or known; There is a place in my
memory, my life that you fill, No
other can take it, no one ever will
“Sure | love the dear silver that
shines in your hair, and the brow
that's all furrowed, And wrinkled
with care. | kissed the dear fingers,
so toiled, worn for me, Oh, God|CADEC a total of $40,000 to com-
BLESS you and KEEP you, Mother
Machree.””
Mrs. Jerri Reid is our first lady
at Bethel. This writer has high
for each of the ministers’
wives, whose husbands have pastor-
ed Bethel within the past 20 years,
and thinks each is a lovely and gra-
cious lady in her own way, but We have started
none more than the accomplished} on the neglected, unfinished build-
Mrs. Jerri Reid, wife, mother, and
friend to everyone. Rev. and Mrs. | rafters are being made for the roof.
Reid are the parents of four fine The president of our committee
children: Walter Jr., Deborah,|js Rey. O. Gibbons; the secretary is
eee Rodric. Sis, Heather Moore; and Rey, C,
Ps
and Secretary-Treasurer of the |operates down here in the Carib-
A.M.E.
Nashville, was a distinguished pul-|head offices in Trinidad, W.I., and
pit guest at Bethel on this occasion. | Jamaica. The service of Dedication
He was accompanied by Mrs. Belin | of the Agape A.M.E. Church Centre
and their children. will be held Friday, May 28, 1976.
praise
A.M. E. CHRISTIAN RECORDER Monday, May 24, 1976
people and after several
applications, verbal and written, the
day came when they sent men to
inspect and they also met our
Committee
As soon as they promised to re
spond favorably, | wrote to Bishop
Talbot about it and he put in his
voice and helped me to obtain from
and « Traduating Olass
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Sar PLE ¢ Vheologicad « Teminary
ARMONCE
plete the Center and the loan is at
only 1% simple interest without
any mortgage
How those folks consider the
A.M.B. Church is wonderful and it
would be an ingratitude not to let
everyone know about the progress
we are making.
Oc prmeencement Caercises
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‘ Valunday afternoon, June luelfth
[Sam hundred aeventy dane
at lwo 0 clock
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Wilberforce Chio -
work at last
ing. All of the beams are up and the
Henry A. Belin, Publisher|Webster is the builder. CADEC
Sunday School Union in] bean with offices in Barbados and
STUDIES SHOW
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
INCREASINGLY
KILLS BLACK MEN
DURING THE 18TH TRAINING SESSION FOR MINISTERS ENROLLED IN ae
THE BLACK CHURCHMEN’S ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE’S PROGRAM FOR
THE PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL ABUSE, DECEMBER 9Q, 1975, DR.
RICHARD VEECH, M.D., PH.D., CHIEF OF LABORATORY OF ALCOHOL
RESEARCH ON ALCOHOLISM AT ST. ELIZABETHS MENTAL HOSPITAL
IN WASHINGTON, D.C., REPORTED THAT “IN BIG CITIES AND IN BLACK .
COMMUNITIES, ACUTE FATTY LIVER IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF Ff
DEATH AMONG YOUNG BLACK MALES, EVEN ABOVE HOMICIDE—IN
BLACK COMMUNITIES SUCH AS HARLEM, YOUNG BLACK MALES AND
YOUNG BLACK FEMALES—DRINK SO MUCH AND SO FAST AND SO
MALIGNANTLY—THEY DO NOT EVEN HAVE THE CHANCE TO GET
CIRRHOSIS—INSTEAD OF HAVING SMALL SHRUNKEN LIVERS THEY
HAVE HUGE LIVERS—THE TREATMENT IS UNKNOWN.”
THIS DISEASE WHICH IS INCREASINGLY KILLING BLACKS, !S NOT
CURABLE AND IS PREVALENT AMONG BLACKS BETWEEN THE AGES OF
25 AND 35.
For further information call or write:
Rev. Robert E. Pipes
Black Churchmen’s Ecumenical Institute
4101 - 17th Street, N.W., Suite 304
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone (202) 872-8840
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E. CHRISTIAN RECORDER
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Women's Day Observance '76
made history at Bethel A: M. E.;
1,200 attend, $19,500 raised
(. Fa from the Baltimore Afro-American)
“Something in my heart
Like a stream ruaning down,
Makes me feel so happy
Happy as can be;
When L think of Jesus
And what He’s done for me,
Something: in my heart
Like a stream running down.”
(A Jamaican folk melody)
By Marie Phillips Cooke
Reflections Editor
So. we’sang, all 1,200 wor-
— ‘slewly, so. the
meaning of the words could
enter inte our hearts and
minds to. be transmitted
through our mouths and echo
‘throughout the main sanc-
tuary of Bethel African
Methddist Charch. The hymn
was not unfamiliar to. most of
us, neither was its meaning.
The event which brought
out ‘more people to. Bethel
than have attended services
there in over a decade, made
history om Sunday morning
and, in fact, all during the
‘day.
What dayis this,” read the
Call. “This is the day that the
Lord has. made: We will
rejoice and be glad in it,” the
KWANDULKWA NTU
The
worshippers. responded.
The day marked the
Women’s Day Observance '76
and concluded the events held
during the past two. months.
Some 82 women joined Bethel
during that time. Some
$19,500 was raised from
fumerous activities held
prior to the services and on
Sunday.
“Women Finding Strength
Through Sacrifice” was the
theme which had prevailed
during the Women’s Day
activities.
The Sunday services, at 8
and 11 a.m., involved all of
Bethel’s women in some
manner, and many women in
the Baltimore community.
The Rey, Nurjhan Govan,
African heritage ritual held at Bethel involved
associate minister, Charles
Street .-AMB. Church, in
Boston, Mass., gave the
Mmeasage. A petite 33-year-
older, the. Rev. Miss Govan
told her listeners of the role
of Jesus” mother, Mary;
“Tam told that Jesus said
only ‘Seven important words
from the cross, And I think
that out of seven. things that,
he felt were important te.say,
that one’ of ‘them should
concern the welfare and
destmy of a woman, says
something. about Jesus’
opinion of the opposite sex.
For Jesus never married: Nor
does scripture contain any
account of his having shown
romantic interest in any
woman.
“Nevertheless, it is
significant that a woman
played an important part in
Jesus’ life until the hour of his
death.
“For Jesus to have lived on
earth for a period of years;
dwelt among human beings
as he did and his life not be
touched by a woman would be
unreal and out of harmony
some
22 young women
“Por women form an
essential part ef ‘tife,
Everything that eyer
amounted te. anything,
became so. through the
- contribution ef a woman,
There is nothing. God has not
petmitted anything of any
value to, exist without the
involvement at some point, at
some level, of a womart.
“Women facing mountains
of defeat, ‘monuments of
‘masculinity are still pon-
dering the questien-who shall
rol us. away the stone.
Jehovah is still with us! God
will move the mountain. God
will calm the turbulence. God
will separate the waters. God
will span the abyes.
“TI say to. women
everywhere struggling to
make ends meet, higher
wages, better jobs, God will
move the mountain. Women
having to. lower standards te
feed hungry children, you
don’t have to. bow. God will .
move the mountain. God will
roll the stone away. Send
*Who shall roll us away the stone’
"- HEV. NURJHAN GOVAN
manna from on high. Draw
water from the rocks.
The Rev. Miss Govan is a
pastoral counselor and gospel
. preacher who.completed her
AFRO photos by Norma |
undergraduate studies at
Boston University College of
Liberal Arts, graduating with
an A.B. Degree in English
Literature and Psychology.
She completed her
graduate studies at Boston
University School of
Theology, graduating with a
Th. M. in Clinical Counseling
and Pastoral Psychology. She
completed her internship at
Boston State Hospital,
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
Ay es
of Boston State Hospital, vice
esident of the Boston State
ital Mental Health and
~ Mental Retardation Area
Boatd and chairman of the
Laren sh oa. ,Coildren
Kwandaik rein
One of the highlights of the
vance was. the Kwan
dulkwa Ntu ritual, an African
ceremotty which symbolizes
the passage of young women
from adolescence into.
womanhood. Twenty-two.
teenagers from Bethel and
community churches par-
ticipated in the ceremony
held Friday evening.
Prior to. the ceremony, the
young women were involved
in a number of activities with
church-members arid outside
instructors.
Amrtong them were: Mother-
Daughter Brunch; lessons in
African heritage, tour of the
African Arts Museum and the
Sefiegal Embassy in
Washington, D.C.; in-~
«structions on how te. ef-
ficiently run their households
and lessons in Bible study.
Those young. women
who. presented their spon-
soring churches and mothers
‘in Christ were:
Jarina Ali, Shiloh Baptist
Church, whose mother in
Christ is Delores Ali; Janine
Augustus, Bethel AME,
Delores Thomas; Pauletta
Brown, Bethel, Vermelle
Brown;
Sonyia Brown, Bethel, Mary
Spencer show how the ceremony was conducted
Editorial—A.M.E. A
(Continued from Page
what a man can do, and the only way to find out is
PPOINTMENTS
4)
to put
him on the job and give him a chance to do his best More
often than not we are surprised that the man ¢
much better than we expected him to do
And now that we have opened up the su
id so well
ject of the
itinerancy, we ought to get this on the record that Bishops
who move pastors to small
and obscure work
as a penalty
for real or imagined wrong doings should be reprimanded
by their peers
become unacceptable
should not be sent
If the pastor has broken the
as a leader of the congregation
anywhere
and has
he
if the
aw
On the other hand
pastor has merely had a disagreement with his Bishop and
the Bishop finds himself unable to abide the brother, this
should not affect his appointment
A man’s appointinent
should never depend on his friendship to the Bishop. It
seems to me that he should be appointed because he has
the ability to do the
job expected of
a pastor and that
should be the only consideration. One day in this church
that will be so
The late Bishop W. H. Heard did not make it on the list
of Saints in the Church. But he was a good Bishop. He did
not care for Dr. Charles Spivey at all and the feeling was
mutual, But Dr. Spivey had great ability as a pastor and
Bishop Heard recognized the ability that Dr. Spivey had
and while they had many good quarrels in the Annual
Conference, the Bishop always sent Dr, Spivey to good
strong churches to challenge his ability, At no time did iu
ever occur to Bishop Heard to send Dr, Spivey to ajti
mission simply because he didn't like him, so the his
torians will never Say that Bishop Heard was a good man
but that he was a good administrator, No one can doubt
DR. ANDREW WHITE'S PROPOSAL
Dr. Andrew White, the Director of our Youth Activi
ties in this great Church of ours has much to say about the
future directions of our Church. Our habit is not to listen
too closely nor to take the good doctor too seriously
Many of us are in the habit of thinking of Dr. White as
young and idealistic and immature and all of that, That
may have been true thirty years ago, but now Dr, White |
no longer young and he is certainly not immature, and, in
|
| fact, he is more of a realist than an idealist. It would be a
mistake take him seriously, Now he proposes that
we elect our Bishops for a term of twelve vears and move
them every four years
This may be a drastic innovation, but it’s the Sort of
thing that coul ge us back to sanity as it concerns the
Holy ice Bishop The t .. € Bishops
have a part ¢ vunistry, $ ev a i t
om the the) part ¢
times we seem to forget. If this were an ang
Bishops would be Seraphs with the six wing
an order ol men and we must taithtulls ecord ¢t
are men. They are also elders in an itinerant
from being soverign, they are accoun to enera
Conterence and must go where they are se ike the
other rs that are sent out by the annual conteren
Up until now, we have elected our Bishops for 0
there is nothing sacred about this law. It could be e
without doing anybody any damage. And wt cert nl
would cut down Dal this inordn SULTING > AN
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Clergy, Friends.
(Continued from Page 5)
some, but it matters a lot to me, for
he is my friend.
“Every so often, there comes
along a great man. And | think
Rev. Ford is a great man,” the
councilman said
The Rev. Fred E. Stephens,
pastor of the First A.M.E, Church,
traced his friendship in “Il Knew
Him When.” In his expression, he
gave a brief summary of the hon-
oree’s background, starting 36
years ago in schoo! and on into the
ministry and at Western University,
ending up at Bethel, and his candi-
dacy. He ended his tribute with the
poem, “Recipe for Life.”
The Rt. Revl Frederick D. Jor-
dan, director of Urban Ministries
and Ecumenical Relations, was pro-
grammed for “Words of Encourage-
ment.” Bishop Jordan jokingly said,
“I don’t think I am helping Rev.
Ford so much by my being here.
DEVELOPING
“Rey. Ford has been developing
for over 30 years. We've got to have
an Episcopacy. And we've got to
have the kind of persons to show
leadership, willingness and devo-
tion to themselves and to the work
of the church. Men who will be
willing to give up their good church-
es and lovely parsonages and be-
come slaves of the church.
“He will go to Atlanta after al-
most a quarter of a century here. I
always listen to the fathers—Allen,
that is Richard Allen, Bishops Wil-
liams and Walker. He listened to
them also. I passed the myth on to
Murph, Adams, Brookins, Ander-
son and am about to pass it on to
Ford,” Bishop Jordan said with
levity. “And I’m on the program
for encouragement.”
In a serious word of encourage-
ment, Bishop Jordan said to the
honoree, “They that trust in the’
Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which
shall never be moved. Go on and
attain the reward you seek. God has
A
his reward. We are at your side.”
RESOLUTION
Assemblyman Curtis Tucker and
State Senator Nate Holden present
ed a joint resolution from the Sen-
ate and Assembly. Each, in his
brief expression, related how the
Rev. Ford was instrumental in their
election,
Mrs. Rae Cunningham, repre
sentative of Mayor Tom Bradley,
offered greetings from the mayor
Other tributes came from Edsel
Webb, president of the Southem
California Lay organization; Jud
son Howard, deputy to Council-
man John S. Gibson, |Sth District;
Adolphus B, Clay; Mrs. Opal Ware;
Stanley Harris; Miss Shyanne Reese;
and the Rev. Verdell L. Brenson,
campaign manager and pastor of
Bryant Temple A.M.E. Church,
PARTICIPANTS
The Rev. A. A. Morgan, Presid-
ing Elder of the Los Angeles-San
Diego District, was a clever emcee,
as he wittily kept the program mov-
ing.
Other participants included the
Rev. C. Garnett Henning, pastor of
Ward A.M.E. Church; the Rev. Paul
E. Kidd, pastor of Second A.M.E.
Church; the Rev. Vince M. Yown-
send, Jr.; The Rey. Alfred K. Quinn,
Presiding Elder of the Los Angeles
District; the Rev. Matthew Watley,
pastor of Price Chapel A.M.E*
Church; the Rev. George R. Reid,
pastor of Grant AM.E. Church and
president of the Ministerial Alliance;
and the Rev. Edgar Jackson, pastor
of First A.M.E. Church, Compton.
Musical tributes were presented
by Mrs. Selma Carroll Hammett,
Joel Graham, Miss Jennifer George,
Bethel’s Minister of Music Frank
Williams, Jr., and the Rev. Willie R.
Harris, pastor of the Bethel A.M.E.
Church, Fontana.
CHILDREN
The Rev. and Mrs. Ford are now
looking to the General Conference
in Atlanta. The Fords also have the
support of their children, Jerry W.
Ford, Jr., a medical student at the
University of Vienna, Austria, who
M.t
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A.M.E, APPOINTMENTS
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power, for there are so many great
pastors in the church who could
not afford to give up their fine pas
torates for a twelve-year tenure as
a Bishop. For after that was over,
he might not be able to find an
other pastorate as good as the one
he had left. And finally this would
give more ambitious men an oppor-
tunity to serve the church in the
Holy office and return them to a
CHRISTIAN RECORDER
very profitable service or ministry
after he had had his fling as a great
administrator,
To keep things in order, I am
sure that Dr. White will suggest that
after twelve years, the Bishop may
not succeed himself and would
have to return to the pastorate. |
can’t find too much wrong with
that and it seems to me that the
church should give it some serious
consideration, not for Atlanta, but
we could do something about it,
say circa 1980,
RE a ee a
Luncheon and Fashion Show
(Continued from Page 1)
Ford; Special Arrangements Com-
mittee—Mrs. Sarah D. Irons, Mrs.
Flossie Cannon, Mrs. Naomi E.
Adams, Mrs.
Lottie Penny, and Mrs. Estelle
Moten; and Women’s Missionary
Society Models of Distinction—Ar-
della Franklin, Pauline Howard,
Sarah D. Irons, Marquita Pinkard,
and Karla D. Smith.
pst na aM RO ae Sa a es
attended the testimonial, and Miss
Sherri L. Ford, a psychology major
and senior at California State Uni-
versity, Long Beach.
The testimonial was a TNT blast-
off for the Rev. Ford in his bid for
the highest office in the A.M.E.
Church. A large sign hanging over
the back of the speaker’s table sum-
marized the sentiments of the par-
ticipants and those in attendance—
“LOVE: Elect Jerry Ford Bishop.”
CHURCH EXTENSION AT WORK
le
WF TINEA CESSES iy
‘This is a picture taken May 15, 1976 of a
Chapel A.M.E. Church, Columbia, Tennessee. Rev. E. T. Bone is the Pastor of the
W. E Scruggs and part of the crew.
new Church Sanctuary for Wayman
Mattie Maxie, Mrs. |}:
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Monday, May 24, 1976
YOUTH ORIENTATION CONFERENCE
Friday, May 28, 1976, 12 noon to
Saturday, May 29, 1976, 5:00 p.m,
Tentative Program
Theme: “Everything you need to know about the General Con-
ference of the A.M.E. Church, but may hesitate to ask,”
Objective: To prepare, equip, and provide new youth delegates
with information to help them become productive and con-
tributing members of the General Conference of the A.M.E.
Church,
Friday, May 28th
12 noon Opening
Keynote Speaker
Workshops
(4 Workshops)
Dinner
1:30-5:30 p.m.
5:30-6:30
7:30-9:15 Plenary Session I
Program of A.M.E. Church
by Bishop John H. Adams,
10th District
9:30 Fellowship
Saturday, May 29th
7:00- 8:00 a.m.
8:15
8:30-12:30
Breakfast
Devotions
Workshops
(4 Workshops)
Lunch
Plenary Session II
Summary by Rev. McKinley Young
12:30- 1:30 p.m.
1:45- 3:15
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3:30- 4:00 Closing Worship
Workshops and the Invited Leaders
. “Rules, Parliamentary Procedtre, and Polity”
Attorney Dovey J. Roundtree, Church Attorney
. “Budget and Finance”
Mr. Joseph C. McKinney, Treasurer, A.M.E. Financial Dept.
. “General Conference Committees and Commissions”
4. “Revision and Compilation”
Mr. George McLean, Outstanding Layman
6. “Department of Commissions of the A.M.E. Church”’
7. “A.M.E. Youth Movement”
Rev. James Wade, Chairman CYM
. “Bishops and General Officers”
Dr. H. A. Belin, Jr., Secretary/Treasurer, A.M.E. S. S. Union
and Bishop S. S. Morris, 12th District ;
Resource personnel will be outstanding ministers, laymen, and
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CHRISTIAN DEBUTANTE-MASTER COMMISSION
: Calendar of Events
at General Conference—A.M.E. Church—Atlanta, Ga.
June 16-27, 1976
FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1976 — 6 P.M.
Orientation Get-together for registered honorees (debutantes and
masters) participating in the 7th Quadrennial General Conference
Debutante-Master Dedication at St. Paul A.M.E. Church, 1540
Pryor Road, S.W. (Area 404—622-9711), Rev. David H. Jackson
Pastor. Mrs. Ruth E. Anderson, Director, General Conference
Ceremony and Mrs. Dorothy M. Nixon, 6th Episcopal District
D.M.C. Commissioner.
SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1976 — 10 A.M.
Debutante-Master Roll Call followed by Prepatory Activities for
Debutante-Master Dedication concluding at 2 p.m., St. Paul
A‘M.E. Church.
5:30 P.M. — First Quadrennial Appreciation Awards Banquet at
the Marriott Hotel. Citations to be awarded to Episcopal D.M.C.
Commissioners and others. Donation $14.00 (No fee required for
registered debutantes and masters).
Church; Rev. E. M. Alcorn, the Presiding Elder. W. F. Scruggs is the Contractor.
SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 1976 — 5 P.M.
The 7th Quadrennial Christian Debutante-Master Dedication Ser-
vice at the Atlanta Civic Center, 395 Piedmont Avenue, N.E.,
Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Edith Bryant, Honorary Mistress of Ceremonies.
Reception immediately following ceremony at St. Paul A.M.E.
Church.
For further information, write:
MRS. JULMA B, CRAWFORD, General Administrator
1744 East 73rd Place; Chicago, Illinois 60649
Telephone (312) 752-6199
This building was planned and designed by H. E. Wainwright, a Trustee of Way-
man Chapel. Here shown is a part of the crew of workmen. When the picture was
made only the Black workmen were present but the building is being built with a
mixed crew. What you see here is the results of only 60 days work. 4
The Loan for this building was arranged for only a 2% discount. This is the
lowest discount ever paid in the State in recent years. This has resulted in a large
savings for the Church. Having the “know-how” is important in this business of
romoting and developing.
: Scruggs has the “know-how.” He will serve the Church well.
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