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The AME Christian Recorder
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Vol. 138, No. 15
April 17, 1989
Symposium on Solidarity
Fifth District Mid-Year
Bishop Vinton R. Anderson
The first statements by the Rt. Rev.
Vinton Randolph Anderson to the
A.M.E.’s of the Fifth District were
““With God and Together We Cannot
Fail’? and ‘‘Forward Unity and Com-
munity.’’
Approximately sixteen hundred
A.M.E.’s and friends of the Fifth Dis-
trict gathered in Phoenix, Arizona,
March 15-18 to participate in the Mid-
Year Convocation. Those early utter-
ances from their Bishop took an even
greater meeting significance as the
convocation was titled ‘‘Symposium
on Solidarity.’’ Bishop Anderson, ad-
dressing each conferee in a general
conference program outline/schedule
Bishop F. M. Reid, Jr.
(4th Epis. District)
presided over
hops.
Bishop C. E. Thomas
Chicago, IL—The Council of Bishops,
by Bishop C. E.
Thomas, President of the Council,
met following the funeral services of
Bishop Samuel Solomon Morris, Jr.,
to fill the vacancy created by Bishop
Morris’ Death. Five bishops, in this
rotation process, received new episco-
pal district assignments by the unani-
mous action of the Council of Bis-
The announcement made by the
and venue wrote ‘‘This Symposium is
an initial event for the Favored Fifth
in the 1988-92 Quadrennium, and is
intended to set the pace in the develop-
ment of goals and procedures for our
future work together. We must press
for excellence in the service of our
Risen Christ... to do this, means
putting kingdom issues at the center of
our agenda and showing unusual care
in support of the human family. We
are a diversified, gifted and resource-
ful people; consequently, we are
uniquely positioned to demonstrate
the content and quality of the Chris-
tian Faith.”’
The Bishop met the thirteen Presid-
ing Elders from the seven conferences
of the Fifth District in Summit Ses-
sions on Wednesday evening and on
Thursday. A part of their emphasis
was a series of new approaches to
their work within their own ranks;
their work with Pastors, with their
Districts and with their communities.
The Bishop stated that ‘‘going into the
next century will require new, more
effective methods to meet the needs of
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(9th Epis. District)
Bishop V. R. Byrd
(13th Epis. Dist.)
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The Fantastic 1989 Founder’s Week in the Super Seventh
James Square Shopping Center—
A REALITY
Bishop F. C. James
Salutes 1989 Founder’s Day
Convocation
Columbia, SC—When Bishop
Frederick C. James came to the Se-
venth District as its new Presiding Bis-
hop in 1984, he firmly predicted that
“‘Allen University will Rise Again.”’
To many that seemed an impossible
task after the General Conference of
1984. Four years and one General
Conference later, Bishop James’
words have proven to be prophetic—
(16th Epis. Dist.)
Bishop R. L. Pruitt
THE JAMES SQUARE SHOPPING
CENTER RIBBON-CUTTING
CEREMONY
Allen University has risen and is on
the move!
The first Founder’s Week Celebra-
tion of this Quadrennium at Allen
University was an affirmation of how
far Allen has come. Wednesday, Feb-
ruary 22, 1989, saw A.M.E. Clergy
and Laity, as well as civic and com-
munity leadership join the Allen
University family in celebrating a
dream come true—the ribbon-cutting
ceremony for the new James Square
Shopping Center!
The spirit was high as Dr. Collie
Coleman, visionary President of Allen
presided ably over the morning’s acti-
vities. Those present heard testimony
of what can be done with prayer and
cooperation.
Noting that the rainy Tuesday just
past had given way to a clear day, Co-
lumbia Attorney I. S. Leevy Johnson
said, ‘‘Now we know the power of the
A.M.E. Church!’’ The Honorable T.
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Bishop R. A. Chappelle
17th & 18th Episcopal Districts
Council secretary, Bishop James H.
Mayo, listed these assignments for the
remainder of the 1988-1992 Quadren-
nium: Bishop Frank Madison Reid,
Jr., Fourth (4th) Episcopal District;
Bishop Cornelius Egbert Thomas,
Ninth (9th) Episcopal District; Bishop
Vernon Randolph Byrd, Thirteenth
(13th) Episcopal District; Bishop
Robert Lee Pruitt, Sixteenth (16th)
Episcopal District; and Bishop
Richard Allen Chappelle, who cur-
African Methodism Mourns the
Death of Bishop S. S. Morris, Jr.
Bishop Samuel Solomon Morris, Jr.
89th Elected Bishop of the AME Church
November 1, 1916-March 26, 1989
The Connectional African Method-
ist Episcopal Church converged on
Chicago, Illinois, to attend the wake
and funeral of the 89th elected Bishop
Samuel Solomon Morris, who died
Easter Sunday, March 26, 1989, in
Chicago. Bishop Morris, at the time
of his death, was the Presiding Bishop
of the Fourth Episcopal District. His
district included Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin and Canada. He served the Fourth
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rently presides over the (17th) Episco-
pal District in Africa, was also assign-
ed the Eighteenth (18th) Episcopal
District in Africa. These new assign-
ments are effective immediately.
Bishop F. M. Reid, Jr., the 94th
elected bishop, was by this action
moved from the 9th District to the 4th
District. Bishop C. E. Thomas, the
99th elected bishop, was moved from
the 13th District to the 9th District.
Bishop V. R. Byrd, the 105th elected
bishop, was moved from the 16th Dis-
trict to the 13th District. Bishop R. L.
Pruitt, the 103rd elected bishop, was
moved from the 18th District to the
16th District. Bishop R. A. Chappelle,
the 108th elected bishop, who presides
over the 17th Episcopal District in
Africa, was also assigned to the 18th
District in Africa; thus, by this action,
he serves two episcopal districts.
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Mother Edith Holland Bryant
Enters Eternal Rest
Mother Edith Holland Bryant
The Bethel A.M.E. Church in
Baltimore, Maryland, was overflow-
ing to standing room only capacity for
the multitude of people from across
the nation who came to say goodbye
to Mother Edith Bryant. The Rev.
Frank Madison Reid, III, pastor of
historic Bethel, promptly at 12 noon,
called for the procession of the
bishops, leaders and program partici-
pants to proceed to the podium.
Bishop H. Hartford Brookins, Pre-
siding Prelate of the Second Episcopal
District, officiated. The prayer was
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s ecorder April 17, 1989
Is Pulling the Life Support Plug From Your
Loved Ones ‘‘Playing God’?
Whether you are a naturalist, rea-
list or idealist, Christian ethics and/or
morality must enter the death-room
arena when one begins to think about
taking away life support systems, or
prescribing lethal doses of drugs for a
loved one suffering an incurable
disease, or a protracted illness.
In recent years, laymen, doctors
and clergymen, alike, have shown a
new dimension of interest not only in
aging and dying, but, also, for the suf-
diseases, extended illnesses, and prolonged, shut-in existences, many times
interwoven with suffering. I could not satisfactorily explain pain and suffer-
ing. Anything you can explain, you understand; and what you understand,
you can do something about. Life is complex. Everything that a human being
does that is significant he has to be taught and trained to do. I was trained to
walk, talk, eat, read, write, and to think. Even protocol and propriety and
the proper rules of society have to be taught. One is taught to prepare for a
trip, to save for a rainy day; but no one teaches you to die. I have never been
able to justify a protracted illness or sickness by saying one was learning how
to die.
It has been stated that doctors who help people to be born ought to have
fering, agony and pain experienced by
people who linger on and on beyond
the period of treatability by profes-
sionals. Seminars and clinics are on
the increase at the denominational le-
vel because of this serious subject
that is a concern for all of humanity. People of every race, creed, culture and
economic and social level get sick, get old and, ultimately die.
The last seminar that I attended concluded that we can die BETTER
DEATHS or WORSE DEATHS if we know how to die and accept the ex-
perience of dying in its natural psychological and spiritual manner, recogniz-
ing the fear, resentment, acceptance and, then, the ecstacy. The clinicians
and theoreticians say the process of dying is harder than death itself. The
death watchers say the dying experience first is loneliness, pain, nausea and,
finally, loss of breath. There are many speculations about death and dying.
My father once told me that if a person could stay awake and conscious,
he/she would never die.
A panel of twelve doctors representing medical schools across the U.S.A.
was convened by the Society for the Right to Die. ‘‘Our goal is comfort and
the relief of pain and suffering, so the patient can have a peaceful death,”’
said Dr. Sidney H. Wanzer of the Harvard Law School Health Services.
Dr. Wanzer, the main author of ‘‘The Physician’s Responsibility Toward
the Hopelessly Ill Patient,’’ through the panel, has released their report to
the New England Journal of Medicine. The panel concluded that it is not im-
moral for doctors to help terminally ill patients to die. Dr. Jan Van Eys,
chairman of pediatrics, University of Texas School of Medicine in Houston,
disagreed, saying, ‘‘I don’t think that is an appropriate role for a physician to
terminate the life of another person deliberately.”’
Among the conclusions of the panel of twelve doctors is that it is ethical
for doctors to help patients to die, by prescribing drugs and telling them what
dosage would be lethal, providing their illness is terminal, their outlook
hopeless, and their depression untreatable. Dr. Wanzer says that although
many policies in keeping with the panel’s conclusions have been accepted
during the last ten years, such as withholding aggressive life-support for ter-
minal patients who request it, ‘‘there is a real gap between accepted policy
and what actually happens.’’
As a former pastor, I have visited and seen people who had incurable
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the right to help them to die, when it is deemed proper or necessary. Dr.
Derek Humphrey is the author of ‘‘Let Me Die Before I Wake,’’ which has
something to say on mercy deaths and euthanasia. Euthanasia is a method of
bringing an end to suffering by a painless and happy death. Members of the
Hemlock Society, I believe, foster the living wills program that encourages
persons in good health to sign forms requesting that their lives will not be
needlessly extended through artificial means. Many express concern for
becoming a mere vegetable.
This matter cannot be ignored. The clergy, the politicians, the lawyers, the
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could no longer stand to see his wife suffer in her debilitating and daily
degenerating sickness, so, to put her out of her misery and suffering, he shot
and killed her. This case, of course, became a legal matter that the courts
had to resolve.
The church will also have to state its theological position on these issues of
morality as relates to pulling the life plug on the terminally ill. Even though
depression is fear of the truth and reality, and despondency is, in a sense, a
loss of hope, do such conditions justify an endorsement of pulling the life
support systems when no one fully understands the mystery of life or death?
One of the awesome facts about death, as commonplace as it is, is the pro-
vocation of man’s nature. For, in such an hour, man, more than ever, feels
Adam’s desire to know the unknown, to reach into the boundless mysteries
that lie beyond himself, yet, all the time, knowing that herein lies one con-
quest beyond the accumulated cultural abilities of human beings.
Who knows when it is time to die? For some explained reasons, many peo-
ple who have gone down into the valley of death have turned around and
come back. Could it be that the gate to death was closed by the Eternal
Gatekeeper? The contemporary question appears to be, Should the
gatekeepers be substituted and the responsibility for dying be given exclusive-
ly to another finite homo sapien?
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Continued from page 1
The Fantastic 1989 Founder’s Week in the Super Seventh—James Square Shopping Center—A Reality
Allen University Faculty preparing for procession. Mayor Adams of Columbia and Bishop James worked on James Square for three and one
half years.
Patton Adams, Mayor of the City of
Columbia, noted that the Shopping
Center was a unique blending of
church, government, community, and
the private sector.
Bishop James noted in his remarks
that the center was in great part a
tribute to our Founder’s belief in Self-
Help. He noted that, from construc-
tion to opening, the Center continues
to provide jobs for the students of
Allen University and Benedict Col-
lege, as well as for the community as a Pana
whole. He also noted that there is mi- tween the Food Lion Store and Rite
Dr. A. W. Holman
nority leadership in the management Aid Drug Store where Bishop James
of all of the tenant stores, and that the led in the actual ribbon-cutting. All
stores have shown a better than ex- present were impressed with the varie-
pected rate of profitability since their ty of shops and the state of the art
opening. equipment in the Food Lion Grocery
Store.
THE CEREMONY
OF DEDICATION
The scene then shifted to Allen’s
Chappelle Auditorium for the Cere-
mony of Dedication Worship Service.
For many, the auditorium’s new en-
tranceway, curtains, carpeting, and
padded seats proved to be an unex-
pected surprise on an already joyous
day. The spirit was high as Presiding
Elder B. J. Finklea presided over the
worship service. It was fitting and pro-
The significance of the Shopping per that the preacher for this day
Bishop Henry Allen Belin, Jr.
: Center was demonstrated by the diver- celebrating our past, rejoicing over
1989 Convocation Day speaker Bishop R. A. Hildebrand pose with Bishop James and sity of those present, including Bis- our present, and looking to a bright
President Coleman. hops Henry A. Belin, H. Hartford future was the senior Bishop in all
Brookins, D. Ward Nichols, and Ver- Methodism—the Right Reverend D.
non R. Byrd; General Officers Yale B. Ward Nichols. Bishop Nichols called
Bruce and Alonzo W. Holman; all on his unique style and let God use
members of Columbia City Council; him as he preached about ‘‘Making
the President of Edens and Avant, de- the Impossible Possible.”’
developers of the Center; Federal THE COMMUNITY FORUM
Judge Matthew J. Perry; and other On Wednesday evening, the link be-
civic and governmental leaders. tween church and community was
Following the formal program, the again reemphasized as community
crowd crossed from the steps of leaders led a forum in Chappelle Audi-
Allen’s Student Center to a spot be- torium on our community’s strengths
and weaknesses and on how we as a
church, college, and community could
address them.
THE 1989 FOUNDER’S DAY
CONVOCATION
Wednesday’s activities served to set
the stage for the highlight of the week,
Thursday’s 11:00 a.m. Founder’s Day
Convocation Service. The theme for
the day and week was ‘‘Yesterday’s
Heritage—Today’s Challenge!”’
: The day was a testimony to the de-
Bishop D, Ward Nichols termination of the church of Allen in
the Seventh District, as those from
across the state came to fill Chappelle
Auditorium in spite of cold, cloudy
weather and traveler’s advisories. It
caused one Pastor to remind this
writer that in 1984, it was said by
some, it will be a cold day before
Allen University does any better!’’ As
such, it was fitting weather!
The warmth of God’s spirit made
up for the cold weather, as we were
witness to a glorious Convocation.
Dr. Y. B. Bruce Continued on page 7
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Bishop James with Shopping Center Supporter, Mrs. Ethel Bolden, Mother of U.S.A.
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Bishop S. S. Morris, Jr.
SAMUEL SOLOMON MORRIS,
JR., born November 1, 1916, in Nor-
folk, Virginia, was the second of three
sons born to Rev. Samuel S. and May-
me Morris.
He attended the public schools of
Nashville, Tennessee, graduating
from Pearl High School in 1933. He
graduated from Wilberforce Universi-
ty with a Bachelor of Science Degree
in Sociology in 1937. In 1940, he was
graduated from Yale Divinity School
with a Master of Divinity Degree. He
did further study at Ohio State Uni-
versity and the University of Chicago.
He was awarded honorary degrees
from Payne Theological Seminary,
Shorter College, Kittrell College,
Daniel Payne College, and Monrovia
College, Liberia, Africa.
He began his membership and min-
istry in the A.M.E. Church under the
ministry of his father, Dr. Samuel S.
Morris, Sr., himself a distinguished
pastor and general officer in the
A.M.E. Church for over fifty years.
Bishop Morris began his itinerant
ministry in 1940 as a pastor of St.
Luke A.M.E. Church in Gallatin,
Tennessee, and St. John A.M.E.
Church in Springfield, Tennessee.
From 1941-43, he was a professor at
Payne Seminary and Wilberforce Uni-
versity. From 1943-46, he served as
pastor of St. Paul A.M.E. Church,
Nashville, Tennessee. In 1946, he ws
named president of Shorter College,
North Little Rock, Arkansas, where
he served until 1948, when he accepted
the position of Associate Minister of
Bethel A.M.E. Church, Detroit,
Michigan. He was assigned as pastor
of First A.M.E. Church, Gary, In-
diana, in 1949. There he began his
career as builder with the erection of
the Bishop George Baber Youth
Center,
In 1956, he was assigned by Bishop
Baber to Coppin A.M.E. Church,
Chicago, Illinois. There he continued
to distinguish himself as a civic leader
and builder with the erection of Cop-
pin Youth Center in 1966. During this
period, he served as president of the
Chicago Branch, NAACP, 1960-62,
and organizer and chairman of Clergy
for Quality & Equality in Education,
Chicago, Illinois, 1963-65,
He was elected the 89th Bishop of
the A.M.E. Church on July 2, 1972,
at the General Conference in Dallas,
Texas, and assigned to the 12th Epis-
copal District (Arkansas and Okla-
homa) where he served until 1976,
While in the 12th District, he served as
chairman of Shorter College Board of
Trustees. He continued his tradition
as a builder with the erection of Mor-
ris Student Center at Shorter College
and construction of a new episcopal
residence in Litthke Rock, Arkansas
He served as chairman of the Social
Action Commission A.M.E. Church
from 1972-74.
He was assigned to the | 1th District
(Florida and Bahamas area) in 1976
There he served as Chairman of the
Edward Waters College Board of
Trustees from 1976-78. He secured
OBITUARY
The AME Christian Recorder
April 17, 1989
Mother Edith Holland Bryant Lives
full accreditation of Edward Waters
College by the Southern Association
of Schools and Colleges; built the
Morris-Cone Student Residential
Complex at Edward Waters College in
Jacksonville, Florida; rebuilt and con-
verted Centennial Hall, Edward Wa-
ters College, into a modern three-
story library; built the Morris Manor
Senior Citizens Housing Complex in
Jacksonville; served on the Board of
Directors, Century National Bank,
Jacksonville, Florida, from 1977-83;
Board of Directors Afro-American
Life Insurance Company, 1976-84;
and completed the Robinson-Morris
A.M.E. Church, Nassau, Bahamas.
He served as President of the Council
of Bishops from 1978-1979, and Pre-
sident of the General Board, A:M.E.
Church, from 1982-1984.
In July, 1984, at the General Con-
ference held in Kansas City, Missouri,
Bishop Morris was assigned to the 4th
Episcopal District, where he con-
tinued his distinguished and exemplary
leadership to the 4th District. During
his term in the 4th District, the Ermine
Smith Morris Health Center at Camp
Baber was built. The Center will be
dedicated in April.
He purchased and dedicated the
Morris Community A.M.E, Church,
Madison, Wisconsin; purchased the
Ransom Memorial A.M.E. Church in
Freeport, Illinois; and Thomas Me-
morial A.M.E. Church in Zion, Il-
linois. One of his first steps in coming
to the 4th District was to establish the
Human Services Fund to provide fi-
nancial resources for selected special
projects directed toward meeting
social problems within the 4th Dis-
trict.
In July, 1988, he was reassigned to
the 4th District, where he continued to
serve until his death.
On November 30, 1942, he married
Ermine Smith, who preceded him in
death in 1986. This union was blessed
with three children, Joyce Lynn, Er-
mine Laurel, and Samuel, III.
His activities included membership
in the following organizations: Na-
tional Urban League Board, 1974-82;
Life member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fra-
ternity; Frontiers International Silver
Beaver Scouting Award, and was cited
by Ebony as one of the ‘100 Most In-
fluential Blacks in America,’’ 1983-
84.
One of his little known interests was
music. An accomplished trumpeter in
his youth, he, at one time, organized,
directed and played in a band, His
work also included publication of the
following: “An African Methodist
Primer” and “The Call to a Captive
People,” As delegate and representa-
tive of the A.M.E. Church, he travel-
ed extensively and met church and
government leaders from many coun-
tries. He was invited by President Jim-
my Carter and attended the signing of
the Egyptian Israeli Peace Treaty in
March, 1979.
In April, 1982, he was among a
group of religious leaders who at-
tended a special briefing and luncheon
with President Ronald Reagan
He served as mentor and friend for
many ministers now serving prom
nent positions in the church, His min
istry was marked by his encourage
ment and support for young people,
His ministry and leadership in the
church ended with his death on Faster
Sunday, March 26, 1989, at 10:17
pm
He leaves to cherish his memory
two daughters, Joyee Green and Er
mine Laurel Morris; one son, Samuel,
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Mother Bryant
On February 1, 1912, in Evansville,
Indiana, Alfred and Willie Hazel
Holland gave birth to their third
daughter, EDITH DRUCILLA Hol-
land. Edith was twice born. She re-
ceived the Lord Jesus Christ as her
Savior and King at the age of twelve.
Mother Bryant entered the work
world when she was nine years old.
She helped her Aunt Eleanor as a
domestic worker. By the age of
twelve, she was working independent-
ly and maintaining excellent grades in
the public schools of Bowling Green,
Kentucky. Upon her graduation from
high school, she entered Wilberforce
University, an African Methodist
Episcopal School, where she
graduated Magna Cum Laude. She
also was a member of the Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She re-
mained in Xenia, ohio, to teach high
school English and was subsequently
named head of the English Depart-
ment,
Later, she continued her formal
education at Ohio State University
and at the University of Maryland.
In 1932, her affiliation with the Af-
rican Methodist Episocpal University
and Church resulted in her meeting
then, the Reverend Harrison James
Bryant. On June 11, 1936, they were
united in holy matrimony on the cam-
pus of Wilberforce University. She
was his partner in life and in the
ministry for FIFTY-THREE years.
Bishop and Mother Bryant were
partners in divine creation six times.
God created through them Little
Edith, Cynthia Ann, Hazel Joan, Har-
rison James, Jr., John Richard and
Eleanor Louise.
Her talents were varied. While her
children were quite young she
discovered limited Christian education
materials for discipling new Chris-
tians, so she authored *‘So you Want
To Be A Christian’’ and the A.M.E.
ABC Book and Primer.”
‘Pay no attention to ill-natured
remarks about you, Simply live that
nobody will believe them. Disordered
nerves and a bad digestion are a com-
mon cause of back-biting. Don’t be
too anxious about your dues. Do your
work, be patient and keep your dispo-
sition sweet, forget yourself and you
will be rewarded.”” A.M.E. ABC
Book & Primer, Edith Holland
Bryant, Copyright, August, 1948.
Not only was she an author, she
was an activist. Mother Bryant knew
of a certainty that racism and op-
pression were not of God, She would
oceasion visits to ‘white only’* lunch
counters with her children who were
given strict orders to remain quiet and
to respond only to her instructions,
She would quietly read the scriptures
to the children, When ordered to leave
by the restaurant management
SHE WOULD READ, Even when
threatened with a call for the police
SHE WOULD READ, She
would leave only after affirming that
the struggle would continue, They
would see her again, The NAACP and
the Congress on Racial Equality
found the Bryants in active opposition
to racial segregation and exploitation.
When her children reached school
age, Mother Bryant extended her min-
istry to include social work. She was
the first African American Case
Worker with the Baltimore County
Welfare Department. Long before the
concept of training clients for mean-
ingful employment had gained public
acceptance, her advocacy was evident.
Enthusiastic and excited about
God’s will for the minds of young
African American boys and girls, it
was her desire that they have better
learning materials. This led to her af-
filiation with World Book Encyclo-
pedia, Incorporated, where she served
as field supervisor. Mother Bryant
was an outstanding lecturer, a com-
mitted pastor’s wife, and a devoted
mother.
“Her husband is known in the
gates, when he sitteth among the
elders of the land. She openeth
her mouth with wisdom: and in her
tongue is the law of kindness. Her
children arise up, and call her
blessed; her husband also, and he
praiseth her.
Favor is deceitful, and beauty is
vain; but a woman that feareth the
Lord, she shall be praised.”
Proverbs 31:23,26,28,30
The answer to her girlhood prayer
to serve in foreign missions came in
1964 when Reverend Harrison James
Bryant was elected the eighty-second
Bishop of the African Methodist Epis-
copal Church and she became the
Episcopal Supervisor.
The Bryants were eager to serve
God and the church in South Africa,
the Fifteenth Episcopal District. Her
Mother Bryant—a name that never
left her. Mother Bryant was the Epis-
copal Supervisor of the Fifteenth and
the Fifth Episcopal Districts consecu-
tively,
In their retirement, Mother Bryant
returned to Baltimore with her hus-
band to service at the local district
level. It was then that her en
treprenaurial spirit blossomed.
Mother Bryant quite successfully
managed wholesale distributorships
with the Shaklee Corporation and the
Dick Gregory Health Enterprises, In-
corporated.
She perceiveth that her merchandise
is good: her candle goeth not out by
night.”’ Proverbs 31:18
Those who rejoice in her homegoing
include her husband, Bishop Harrison
James Bryant; a daughter, Cynthia
Bryant Pitts; a son, Bishop John
Richard Bryant; a daughter, Reverend
Eleanor Bryant Graham; a daughter-
in-law, Reverend Cecelia Williams
Bryant; four grandchildren, Chere’
Monique Graham, Jamal Harrison
Bryant, Kia Edith Graham and
Thema Simone Bryant; two sisters,
Rebecea McCutchen and Golden Lee;
one brother, Charles C. Robinson;
sister-in-law, Mary E, Robinson; nep-
hews and nieces, Charles Padgett, Joe
Padgett, Richard Robinson, Henry
Milliken, Gwendolyn Milliken Light-
foot, Herschel Milliken, Juanita
Milliken Freeman, Anthony W.,
Robinson, Charlotte Robinson Cole-
man, Peter McPherson, Theodore
McPherson, Cornelius McPherson,
Joseph Bryant and Louise White
Rodgers; a host of great nieces and
nephews, loving relatives and friends,
Her family and extended family are
large because she was not afraid to
open her heart and her home to these
whom God placed in her path,
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Symposium on Solidarity 5th District Mid-Year
Pastors and Congregations in a grow-
ing and developing Church.’’ He said
further that ‘‘Presiding Elders must
become decision makers who need not
wait on the Bishop—all decisions can-
not wait.’”
During the afternoon on Thursday
the Bishop visited various committee
sessions. Meeting were Presiding El-
ders, District Finance Committee,
Conference Deans, Directors of
Christian Education, Lay Organiza-
tion, Women’s Missionary Society
and Y.P.D., and the Committee on
the 1989 Ministers’ Retreat which is to
convene in Kansas City in May.
A welcome reception honoring
Bishop and Mrs. Anderson by the host
church, Tanner Chapel A.M.E. was
held Thursday at the Hyatt Regency.
An overflow crowd attended this
event. The program for the reception
was opened by Rev. Bernard Jackson,
Pastor of Bethel A.M.E., Mesa, Ari-
zona and was conducted by Rev. E. P.
Williams, Pastor of Prince Chapel
A.M.E., Tucson. Commentaries were
from the Honorable Rose Mofford,
Governor of Arizona by her aide, a
very articulate Black woman—Brenda
J. Smith; from Mayor Terry Goddard
by the eighteen year veteran Black
Councilman from the 8th City Dis-
trict; Honorable Calvin C. Goode;
and, from Honorable Sandra Kelly,
State Representative, District 23 by a
young Black aide, Karl Genteles. The
Rt. Rev. Joseph T. Heistand of the
Episcopal Church Diocese of Arizona
commended the work of Tanner
Chapel and commended the work of
Bishop Anderson. He said ‘‘I have dif-
ficulty making it over the state of
Arizona—Bishop you are commended
for effectively presiding over a fifteen
state District.’’ Host Pastor John L.
Shaw remarked ‘‘we are happy...a
privilege and honor to host a meeting
of this magnitude. May you experi-
ence the spirit of fellowship that is
characteristic of our city and of Tan-
ner Chapel.’’
Bishop and Mrs. Anderson were
gracious and joyous as they acknow-
ledged the welcome, received the
resolutions and gifts. Bishop Ander-
son in responding said, ‘‘We are here
to gain strength with our Symposium
on Solidarity. We are concerned
about the oppressed, the struggles of
women and children and others who
are in a struggle for pride. From
Phoenix we will work together, we
will walk together, we will not get
weary.”’
Two Solidarity Worship Services
were held at the Second Presbyterian
Church. The full facility was made
available to the Conference. Large as-
semblies and worship services used
their sixteen hundred seat Chapel.
Smaller groups used classrooms and
conference rooms.
A ‘“‘hymn sing,’’ a workshop in
church music for music persons and
for congregational singing preceded
each worship service. Don Lee White,
Fifth District Minister of Music, with
other musicians, conducted these ses-
sions. Bishop Anderson, chairperson
of the Commission on Worship and
Liturgy, told the groups that ‘‘In these
sessions you have experienced the
great music of our church available in
our A.M.E.C. Bicentennial Hymnal. I
urge you to use this music of the
church and other music which is im-
mediately available to you.’’ Music
for each worship was rendered by a
one hundred and thirty-five voice
choir composed of members from
Tanner Chapel Sanctuary Choir and
the Southern California Conference
Choir.
Preaching on Thursday evening was
the Rev. Charles S. Spivey, Jr., Pastor
of Coppin A.M.E. Church, Chicago,
Illinois. Pastors from the District con-
ducted the services. Rev. Daniel W.
Pinkard presided. A congregation of
approximately eleven hundred heard
him scriptually support reasons for
belonging to church. He then support-
ed the ‘‘oneness concept’’ for being a
Christian and in the A.M.E. Church.
His eloquence and his capacity as an
incisive thinker proved to be a power
in impressing the minds of the hearers
with their need to direct attention to
oneness with church and interpersonal
solidarity.
The Friday evening service was con-
ducted by Presiding Elders. Rev. E.
Lewis Branch, Northwest Missouri
Conference presided. Presiding Elder
R. A. Washington, California Con-
ference, and President of the Presid-
ing Elders Council, presented Bishop
Anderson in both services. The mes-
sage by the Rt. Rev. Richard A. Chap-
pelle, Presiding Bishop—Seventh Dis-
trict, Africa, was ‘‘Being Uniquely
Positioned.’? His emphasis was on
“oneness and solidarity from the indi-
vidual who listened to the voice of
God. He said ‘‘The voice of God is
still saying ‘Son of man stand on your
feet that I might speak to you.’ Thus
God still uniquely positions us to
dream, to pray. After which, we must
get up and obey.”’
Dr. Lewis Charles Harvey, Profes-
sor of Theology, United Seminary at
Dayton, Ohio, and Interim Admini-
strator at Payne Theological Semi-
nary, Wilberforce, Ohio, conducted
Bible Study sessions on Friday and
Saturday mornings. His objectives
was how to use the truths of scripture
to support daily needs. His demon-
stration model for the sessions was
“‘oneness in Christ, solidarity with
Him, with each other, and with His
Church.’’ The wisdom Psalm (Psalm
133) was a key reference.
The W.M.S. and Y.P.D. under the
supervision of Mrs. Vivienne L. An-
derson, entertained a turn away crowd
of six hundred and three conferees at
their Awards Luncheon on Friday.
Dr. Yvonne Walker Taylor, President
Emeritus—Wilberforce University
and Judicial Council member of the
A.M.E.C. was the principal speaker.
She too called those attending to
solidarity and oneness in a message
titled ‘‘Void If Detached.’’ She asked
“What would happen to us, what
would life be for us if suddenly every
circuit we depend on became unplug-
ged—detached? What would happen
to us as Christians if we became un-
plugged—detached? There is no time
for floating along, no place for
apathy. We must come firmly toge-
ther in belief in ourselves and in our
belief that God is our Father, Christ is
our Redeemer, and that men are our
brothers.
Among those recognized by
W.M.S. were persons making out-
standing contributions in various
fields of work. Entrants from each
conference in each category were eval-
uated. Awards went to Willie Roy and
Mary Walker, Northwest Missouri,
Business; Cresie Page, Southern Cali-
fornia, Education; Mary King, South-
ern California, Ecumenical Relations;
Carol Sims, California Conference
and Charlesetta Morrisey, Colorado
Conference, Community Involve-
ment: Don Lee White, Southern Cali-
fornia, Performing Arts; Cuesta Ray
Benberry, Missouri Conference, Fine
Arts; and Andre Steven Franklin, Mis-
souri Conference, Sports. Seven clergy
recognized for consistent support of
W.M.S. and Y,P.D. during the year
were E. Lewis Branch, Northwest
Missouri; Richard C, Fowler, (Post-
humously) Kansas-Nebraska; Alvin
N. Larkin, Colorado; C, Garnett
Henning, Missouri; Carolyn Tyler,
Southern California and C. J, Wil-
liams, Puget Sound.
Both Bishop and Mrs. Anderson
were recognized with plaques for their
tireless, selfless, leadership.
The wrap up session on Saturday
was primarily a series of summary re-
ports. The Rev. R. A. Washington
summarized the Presiding Elders Fi-
nancial Keports, Bishop Anderson
ceremonially presented Joseph Me-
Kinney, Church Treasurer, the Fifth
District’s check for $398,012.74 bud-
get payment of Mid-Year.
Willie B, Macon, District Trea-
surer, Economic Development (The
Peoples’ Trust Fund) reported a Fund
Balance of $1,600,000.00. Doris J.
Bailey reported for the Lay Organiza-
tion.
The 1989 District Planning Meeting
is scheduled for October 16 at St.
Louis.
The closing ceremony, extremely
impressive and highly spiritual, was
conducted by Bishop Anderson.
Ghana Annual Conference
Appeal for Mission Teams
Bishop John R. Bryant
A small congregation in Accra, the
capital of Ghana, now worships in a
vacant courthouse. An acute shortage
of Spirit-filled persons who are train-
ed for ministry and have a sound
background in A.M.E. Doctrine
could mean the loss of a great oppor-
tunity for ministry.
The ministerial skills that would
respond most effectively to the need
would be:
1. A pastor, with the grace
A. to work with an interpreter.
(Many of the members only
speak GA.)
Continued from page 1
‘Most People Are About As Happy As
They Make Up Their Minds To Be.”’
B. to evangelize the community
C. organize the life of the church
2. An early childhood development/
education person because of the large
number of children between two years
and seven years old.
Persons willing to spend three mon-
ths or more and able to begin Septem-
ber 21, 1989, should submit to Bishop
John R. Bryant the following:
1. A letter of recommendation from
your Bishop
2. An overview of your ministry
where you have preached/taught;
high-lights of ministry-work with chil-
dren (two pages, type-written, double
spaced)
3. A letter of recommendation
from a lay leader of the church where
you are presently serving
Bishop Bryant will conduct a per-
sonal interview with qualified persons
when he returns to the United States
for the Bishop’s Council in June.
These items should be sent by
JUNE 1, 1989 to:
W.A.M.E.C.
P.O. Box 11687
Baltimore, Maryland 21229
—Abraham Lincoln
Mother Edith Holland Bryant Enters Eternal Rest __
offered by Rev. Vashti McKenzie,
pastor of Oak Street A.M.E. Church.
The Scripture Readings were by the
Rev. Ann Lightner, pastor, Mt. Cal-
vary A.M.E. Church, and Presiding
Elder Edward Wilson of the Eastern
District.
Many resolutions were read, includ-
ing those by the Rev. Walter Hilde-
brand for the 2nd Episcopal District;
The Honorable Iris Reeves, Baltimore
City Council; The Honorable Larry
Young, Maryland State General As-
sembly, represented by Mr. Mark
Clark; Sister Carolyn Holmes and
Brother Daniel Diggs, vice-chairper-
sons of the Trustee and Steward
Boards, respectively; Sister Glendell
Williams, President of the Edith H.
Bryant Missionary Society; and
Brother and Sister William Rock,
vice-chairpersons of Agape Fellowship
A.M.E. Church.
The acknowledgements were made
by Brother Charles C. Robinson.
Tributes were given by Bishop Frank
Madison Reid, Jr., for the Council of
Bishops; Mrs. D. L. K. Williams,
President, Connectional W.M.S.; Dr.
Dolly Desselle Adams, representing
wives of the Bishops of the A.M.E.
Church; The Honorable Kurt L.
Schmoke, Mayor of Baltimore; Mrs.
Juanita Jackson Mitchell, attorney-
at-law, and the Rev. Frank Madison
Reid, II], pastor of Bethel.
Bishop D. Ward Nichols, Senior
Retired Bishop and friend of the
Bryant family, gave a most appropri-
ate Eulogy for Mother Bryant. He
drew a text from the 31st Chapter of
the Book of Proverbs. When he had
finished his sermon, even the stranger
knew who Mother Bryant was and the
marvelous life that she had lived.
Whenever Bishop Nichols stands,
volumes of history stands, and the
listeners are always richly rewarded.
The music rendered included the John
R. Bryant Choir of Bethel and solos
by Kia Edith Graham and Minister
Vonda Guzman-Perry.
Graveside services were conducted
by the bishops of the church at Mount
Zion Cemetery. Pallbearers included
Rev. James Blake, Rev. Roland Grax-
ton, Rev. Grainger Browning, Rev.
Floyd Flake, Brother Joseph Bur-
roughs, Minister Joseph Goins, Rev.
Samuel Johnson, Rev. Fred Lucas,
Rev. Roy Munson and Rev. Michael
O. Thomas.
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the AME Christian Recorder
April 17, 1989
uilblazer Award
T)
Dr. James Austel Hall, Bishop Vinton R. Anderson and Dr. Cecil Murray were very
pleased with the Trailblazer Awards.
by Bernadine Murray, FAME, L.A.
The First A.M.E. Church of Los
Angeles, California, Sarah Allen Wo-
men’s Missionary Society Trailblazer
Award is in response to the challenge
of the 10th Quadrennial Theme: FO-
CUS ’83—WE ARE FAMILY. First,
we strove to know our African Ameri-
can Heritage, and our Pastor, Rev.
Cecil L. Murray, suggested that we
not only know our history, but be ac-
quainted with and part of our history
in the making. To accomplish this we
felt we needed to point out and ap-
plaud outstanding achievements and
the missionary outreach of African
Americans as they impact minorities,
Third World peoples, and other Afri-
can Americans. We applaud the
achievements of those persons who
through their work care, improve and
share with all humanity. We share a
spiritual heritage; WE ARE FAMILY
through God Our Father.
The Trailblazer Award is given in
three (3) categories, and recipients
may fall in one, two, or all three cate-
gories.
1. To Missionaries who have given
twenty-five years or more of unin-
terrupted service to Christian Mis-
sions, and who through their work
have improved the quality of life of
those around them.
2. To individuals in the community
who have demonstrated uniqueness
in serving and giving to our African
American Heritage, and have
through their work been guides or
role models for our youth.
3. To individuals whose scope is
world-wide; who have gone beyond
in extended outreach to human-
kind; and have demonstrated by
their commitment to others that
God lives, works, and has His be-
ing in their lives.
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Recipients of the Sarah Allen
Trailblazer Award
1983 - 1988
Local Missionaries—First A.M.E.
Church: Helen Hall, Lucy Hunt,
Melba Harston, Lucy Holmes, Mon-
tana McNealy, Jean Moffet, Berna-
dine Murray, Estella Richardson, Lil-
lian Hall*, and Minnie Shorter*
(*deceased)
COSTELLA ALLEN, Past Na-
tional Officer and Representative of
Western Region NCNW (National
Council of Negro Women), and af-
filiated organization of W.M.S.
A.M.E. Church.
GWENDOLYN BOLDEN, Found-
er and Executive Director of the
GWEN BOLDEN FOUNDATION,
INC. June 1979, a non-profit com-
munity aware public benefit organiza-
tion in the Los Angeles Area.
DR. GEORGE McKENNA, Na-
tionally known educator, principal of
the Washington Preparatory High
School, Los Angeles.
CHRISTINE WILLIAMS, First Af-
rican American Rose Bowl Queen,
1985.
ERVIN “MAGIC” JOHNSON, Af-
rican-American super athlete, one of
the stars of the L. A. Lakers basket-
ball team, for his outstanding work
with city youths.
REV. JESSE JACKSON, Founder
and National President of PUSH
(People United to Save Humanity),
Rainbow Coalition, Candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomination.
BISHOP PHILIP R. COUSIN,
First African-American President
from a major Black denomination of
NCC (National Council of Churches
of Christ in America), 96th Bishop of
A.M.E. Church, Presiding Bishop of
the 11th Episcopal District—Florida
and Nassau, Bahamas.
1989 RECIPIENTS
BISHOP VINTON R. ANDER-
SON, Bishop of the 5th Episcopal Dis-
trict, for the Bi-centennial Program
and structure of the 200th Birthday of
the A.M.E. Church.
MRS. VIVIENNE ANDERSON,
Supervisor of the Sth District Mis-
sionary work. As the co-worker with
her husband, Bishop Anderson, in Bi-
Centennial Program Structure of
200th Birthday of the A.M.E.
Church.
‘‘Happiness Is
Not The Absence
of Conflict But
The Ability To
Cope With It.”’
Mrs, Vivienne Anderson, Fifth District Supervisor of the Women’s Missionary Society
was presented the Sarah Allen Trailblazer Award by Mrs. Delores D. Orduna. Mrs. Or-
duna is president of the local Society at First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los
Angeles, CA.
MRS. MARGARET JOAN COU-
SIN, Supervisor of the 11th District
Missionary work. For organizing the
First Sarah Allen Mission Outreach
station for helping minorities, mi-
grants, and immigrants into Miami,
Florida, from Central and South
America, and the Isles of the Carib-
bean. This program has been accepted
as a pilot project of the Connectional
W.M.S.
DR. RALPH DAWSON, Member
of FAME, LA, For making the dream
of Pastor Murray a reality: LOCK-
IN ON VALUES, a program of heal-
thy youth image building. This pro-
gram has been funded by the State of
California for extension to other
areas. (See Jan. 23, 1989 issue of
Christian Recorder for outstanding
article).
MS. REMELL HENCE, Member of
FAME, LA, First African American
Dean of Pacific Southwest Confer-
ence on World Christian Missions
(Asilomar) in its 76 year history.
DR. A. LEE HENDERSON, Pub-
lisher of Oldest African American
Newspaper in America, THE CHRIS-
TIAN RECORDER, for creative 21st
Century updating of the image and
content of our paper. Dr. Henderson
has brought dynamic dimensions to
this organ of A.M.E. Church commu-
nication.
MS. DELORES D. ORDUNA, For
enthusiastic, dynamic, talented, local
leadership with worldwide outreach,
our local Sarah Allen W.M.S. Presi-
dent. From her leadership this year,
FAME capped 75 new missionary
workers for our society.
We are extremely proud of all our
recipients and are grateful to God for
them.
Shalom!
Assessing Ecumenical Participation
by Frederick Hilborn Talbot
Bishop and Ecumenical Officer
Zip Code
3. Local Council of Churches
4. Position/s presently or recently held:
b.
Bishop Frederick H. Talbot c.
Scores of pastors and lay persons
have been involved in the life and d.
work of the local councils of churches
in their respective communities. Some
have served in leadership roles also. It
is now deemed appropriate to identify
such persons by feeling their willing
and ready cooporation should they
respond through a mini-survey to be
conducted shortly.
I now respectfully request those
who wish to participate in this exercise
to fill out the questionnaire below and
send it directly to my postal address.
The responses will be collated and
featured in a special publication. This
will give our denomination an oppor-
tuity to know what is little known;
and I would like us to make this start
now.
MINI-SURVEY
Office of Ecumenical Affairs
1. Name
2. Address
5. Period Office/s held
a.
bs
6. Personal value attached to such ex-
penses
Please copy or clip, fill and send
your contributions quickly.
Write me, please at:
P.O. Box 604
Frederiksted, V.1. 00841-0684
For easy access my _ telephone
numbers are:
Home: (809) 772-0723
Office: (809) 772-4329
(9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
2-4:30 p.m. Remember
that for this period—We are
one hour ahead of Eastern
Standard Time.
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the AME Christian Recorder
State of the Art Construction in Shopping Center. A.M.E. Pride of the State attendance
al ceremony.
Bishop James, Councilman E. W. Cromartie, and Mayor Patton Adams wait in front of
Rite Aid Pharmacy to Cut the Ribbon.
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Bishops V. R. Byrd, Sunday A. U. Alumni Preacher and Bishop R. A. Hildebrand 1989
Convocation Preacher, flank Bishop F. C. James.
From the regal procession of Bishops
of the Church, General Officers, the
Board of Trustees, and the Adminis-
tration and Faculty, to the moment of
Benediction, one could literally feel
the presence of the Lord. With Presid-
ing Elder Lee M. Seward Presiding,
the Spirit was present in the prayers,
the spirit was present in the singing of
the Allen University Concert Choir,
the spirit was present in the reaction
of the worshippers, and the spirit was
present in the Preacher of the hour.
The Right Rev. Richard Allen Hil-
debrand, Presiding Bishop of the
Third Episcopal District, took his text
from Matthew 20:22 and then caught.
fire as he brought us new commitment
and motivation through his subject,
“We Are Able.”
The Spirit was also present in the fi-
nancial commitment made during and
since that service. All Presiding Elders
made unprecedented reports from
their churches. They were joined by
the Women’s Missionary Society, The
Lay Organization, the Faculty, Staff
and Students of Allen University, and
the Allen University Alumni Associ-
ation. Together, all of these sons and
daughters of Richard Allen let their
pocketbooks speak as they gave
$383,413.01 to the only College in the
Connection named for our Founder.
The Alumni of Allen also showed
riew enthusiasm in their Extravaganza
Classique, Alumni Social Events,
Alumni Parade, and all of their ac-
tivities.
In 1984, when Bishop Frederick
Calhoun James and Mrs. Theressa
Gregg James came home to South
Carolina, many were already planning
the obituary of Allen University.
In 1989, Allen has a refurbished
physical plant, a shopping center, in-
creased enrollment, renewed respect
within the community, an improved
financial position, and candidacy
status for Accreditation from the
Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools. To God be the Glory!
We hope and pray that 1990 will
bring even greater blessings. One of
those has taken a giant step even as
this article is being prepared. The City
of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjust-
ment has given the green light that
opens the door for construction to
begin on Allen’s proposed Four
Million Dollar Physical Education
Complex.
Commendations are due to the
Clergy and Laity of the Seventh Epis-
copal District for their determination
in bringing Allen University back to
life.
Commendations are due to Presi-
dent Coleman and the Administration,
Faculty, Staff, and Students for ex-,
emplifying the pride that is Allen.
Special commendations are due to
an A.M.E. giant, Bishop Frederick C.
James and to Supervisor Theressa
Gregg James. By their leadership, re-
soucefulness, drive, and commitment
to excellence, they have led the way in
proving that we are able, and that the
impossible can become possible.
We praise God for their presence in
the Super Seventh and look forward to
many more years of progress under
their leadership.
Rev. Joseph A. Darby
Director of Public Relations
Seventh Episcopal District
Shopping Center Dedication Service draws five Bishops, two General Officers, many Con-
nectional Officers.
Bishops Nichols, James, Byrd, Belin, Brookins (not in photo). General Officers Bruce and
Holman Judicial Council Member Finklea. W.M.S. President Mims highlight stage.
BISHOP Ferny
Miss Allen University.
The Reverend
William Russell Greenfield, Sr.
“Servant of God, well done,
Rest from thy loved employ;
The battle fought, the victory won,
Enter thy Master’s Joy.”’
The Reverend William Russell
Greenfield was one of twelve children
born to the union of the late George
and Jane Greenfield. He was born on
December 12, 1888, in Williamsport,
Tennessee. He departed this life Sun-
day, November 13, 1988, in Phoenix,
Arizona.
Young Greenfield received his early
education in the public schools of
Tennessee and graduated from Ten-
nessee State College. At age twenty-
one, he married the late Clara Mae
Blackburn. From this blessed union,
six children were born, three sons and
three daughters. In 1927, Reverend
Greenfield married Roberta Bridge-
forth; she also preceded him in death.
He accepted the call to the ministry
at an early age, and served fifty-five
years as an active minister and pastor
in the Thirteenth Episcopal District of
the African Methodist Episcopal
Church. Rev. Greenfield was Prin-
cipal of Clark High School for ten
years, Pastor of Jones Chapel A.M.E.
Church for ten years, Pastor of Sandy
Hook A.M.E. Church for seven
years, and Pastor in East Tennessee
OBITUARY
for one year. He served as Pastor of
Bethel A.M.E. Church in Columbia
for six years, accepted other pas-
torates and returned to pastor Bethel
for the last eighteen years of his active
ministry retiring in 1977.
This devoted family patriarch,
A.M.E. preacher, and civic leader re-
ceived many community honors re-
sulting from his service and-contri-
butions in education, civic affairs,
religion and family life in his native
Tennessee Community.
In 1981, Reverend Greenfield and
his pet ‘‘Fuzzy’’ moved to Phoenix,
Arizona, and he became an honorary
associate minister at Tanner Chapel
A.M.E. Church now pastored by The
Reverend John L. Shaw, Sr. The Tan-
ner Family cherished his person and
his membership.
In December 1986, Governor Bruce
Babbitt inducted Reverend Greenfield
into Arizona’s Century Club which
honors Arizona’s oldest citizens. He
received birthday messages from Pre-
sident and Mrs. Ronald Reagan on his
98th and 99th birthdays.
Reverend Greenfield is survived by
a devoted family and many friends.
His beautiful memories will be
cherished by four children, Dr. Curtis
O. Greenfield and Mrs. Cleo Moore-
head of Phoenix, Arizona; Lt. Col.
Gerald Greenfield, Sr., of Columbia,
Maryland; and Mrs. Evelyn McClain
of Columbia, Tennessee; (two chil-
dren preceded him in death); eight
grandchildren: Damon Greenfield,
Dr. Gerald Greenfield, Jr., William
Russell Greenfield, III, William Ward
Greenfield, Dolores Strawbridge,
William H. Pillow, Ronald Pillow
and (Judy) Mary Greenfield Cason;
one sister, Mrs. Maude E. Huff; seven
great grandchildren, Lisa and Jason
Greenfield, Steve and Tiffany Straw-
bridge, Christopher and Michael Pil-
low and Ronnie Pillow; one great
grandchild, Jessica Greenfield.
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the AME. Christian Recorder
April 17, 1989
Pastor Moore giving an Award to Miss Armstrong, Young Adult Choir Honoree.
St. Philip A.M.E. Church Is
Growing by Leaps and Bounds
St. Philip A.M.E. Church, one of
the fastest growing churches in the
south with a membership of over three
hundred, held its First Recognition
Banquet at the OMNI Hotel in Atlan-
ta. The Banquet, sponsored by the
Lay Organization and the Beehive
Community, was well attended by
members and friends of Saint Philip.
Attorney Maynard Jackson, mayoral
candidate, was the guest speaker.
The theme was ‘‘Faith Without
Works Is Dead,’’ based on verses
from the Book of James 2:14-26.
Twenty-eight members of Saint Philip
were honored by fellow members for
their outstanding Christian work at
Saint Philip and in the community.
The honorees were chosen by the or-
ganizations of which they are mem-
bers for their dedication and service to
that organization. The banquet com-
mittee presented a special church-
wide award to a member for outstand-
ing service. This award was given to
Mrs. Johnnie Harris, the Church
Business Administrator. An award
was given to Pastor George Moore,
for his willingness to work with the
Lay Organization, treating the Lay as
an integal part of Saint Philip’s pro-
grams. Attorney Maynard Jackson
delivered a rousing address which
stressed the continued need for every
individual to remain active in the fight
against drugs in our communities, and
the fight for increased employment
and economic growth. Attorney Jack-
son emphasized that ‘‘Faith Without
Works is Dead,’’ but added ‘‘Words
Without Action Are Also Dead.”’
Proceeds from the Banquet went to
Saint Philip’s effort to renovate a
single family dwelling to be used by
families in need of temporary shelter.
Several members of Saint Philip have
worked long hours under the supervi-
sion of Mr. Bobby Hood, to ensure
the success of this project therefore it
was extremely gratifying to have
members and friends of Saint Philip
support the effort through their time
and attendance.
The scriptures teach us that it is
“‘right’’ to give ‘“‘honor where honor is
due’’ and Saint Philip followed this
teaching by giving honor and respect
to twenty-eight deserving Christian
workers. —
The Reverend George Moore
Senior Pastor
The Lay & Beehive Organization
Reporters
DR. DAVID C. COLEMAN
ENDORSED FOR BISHOPRIC
AT 4TH hel ey MEETING
Dr. David C. Coleman
The Fourth Episcopal District gave
a tremendous District-wide welcome
to Bishop Samuel S. Morris, Jr., at
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal
Church in Indianapolis, Indiana,
where Dr. Walter W. Reid, Sr., is the
affable pastor.
The meeting was filled with high-
lights. After words of welcome from
the various departments of the Fourth
District, we were ‘‘highlighted”’ witha
masterful response by our beloved
bishop that electrified the congrega-
At this meeting Dr. David C. Cole-
man, Presiding Elder of the South
District of the Chicago Annual Con-
ference, was endorsed for episcopal
honors in 1992. He is well qualified
and worthy of the bishopric, and the
Fourth District pledged their support.
Yet another highlight was the ser-
mon delivered by the Right Reverend
Robert Thomas, Jr., Presiding Bishop
of the 15th Episcopal District.
Rev. J. Allen Parker
Presiding Elder, South District
Michigan Annual Conference
4th Episcopal District
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District as bishop since his first as
signment in 1988
Services for Bishop Morris were
held at Coppin African Methodist
Episcopal Church, where the Rey, Dr.
Charles Spivey, Jr., is pastor, Rey,
Spivey led the family of Bishop Mor
ris, preceded by the Bishops, General
Officers, Connectional Officers and
program participants, into the sanc-
tuary to funeralize the church leader,
beginning at eleven o’clock A.M., Fri-
day, March 31, 1989,
Bishop John Hurst Adams, 6th
Episcopal District, presided at the ser-
vice, Other participants on the pro-
gram included Bishop H. H. Brookins
and Bishop F. M. Reid, Jr., who read
the Old and New Testament Scrip-
tures. The Acknowledgments were
made by the Rev. Dr. Wilfred Reid of
Chicago. Condolences were extended
by Rev. B. Whitemore from the
Church Federation, Chicago Alder-
man Timothy Evans, The City of
Chicago Mayor Eugene Sawyer, the
Rev. Jesse Jackson, and A.M.E. Zion
Bishop G. Walker.
The Laity was represented by Mr.
Churchel Swarn; the Fourth District
Missionary Society by Mrs. Portia
Bailey, and the Fourth District clergy
by Presiding Elder Rev. W. D. Davis.
The Connectional W.M.S. was repre-
sented by the president, Mrs. D. L. K.
Williams. The General Officers were
represented by Dr. Jamye C. Williams
and the Council of Bishops by its
president, Bishop C. E. Thomas.
Personal friends who were selected
to bring remarks included Judge Sid-
ney Jones, Rev. A. R. Leak, Mr.
Mamon Powers, Rev. McKinley
Young and Pastor Charles E. Spivey,
Jr. The closing prayer was rendered by
A.M.E.C.
Bishop Philip R. Cousin and the Bene
diction pronounced by Bishop Hubert
N. Robinson. Committal services
were held at the Oakwoods Cemetery,
The Eulogy was delivered by that
preaching bishop, the Rt. Rey.
Richard Allen Hildebrand, Third
Episcopal District, who took his text
from 2nd Timothy, 2nd Chapter,
Verses 10, 11, 12. Bishop Hildebrand
expressed thanks to the 11th Episcopal
District and to the 4th Episcopal
District for standing faithfully by Bis-
hop Morris and his wife Ermine, both
of whom experienced illness during
their episcopal tenure.
Bishop Hildebrand’s sermon intro-
ductory statement was the setting for
a powerful eulogy sermon that
brought joy and weeping at the funer-
al celebration. Said he, ‘‘Inherent in
the Christian faith is suffering.’’
When he sat down, the vast audience
was standing and praising God for the
sermon, the life and works of Bishop
Morris and for their own personal
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
To God be the Glory for the great
things He has done.
Music furnished by the Chicago
Conference Choir: Mr. A. Bankston
Owens, Director; Ms. Lavina Walton,
Soloist; Active Pall Bearers, Rev. W.
H. Abel, Rev. Walter Bauldrick, Rev.
J. S. Benn, III, Rev. Richard Cole-
man, Rev. Harold Huggins, Rev.
Norman Osborne, Rev. Robert
Phillips, Rev. A. C. Wright.
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April 17, 1989
The AME Christian Recorder
**Allen University and Yellow
Jacket Baseball is Back’’
CHAPPELLE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
Columbia, SC—The Allen University
fighting Yellow Jackets traveled to
Jacksonville, Florida over the week-
end and visited the Edward Waters
Lions for the opening game of the
1989 Baseball Season. The Yellow
Jackets stung the Lions with a 12-1
win. The lopsided victory signaled the
turn of Allen University Baseball to a
highly competitive level. The victory
marked the first time in Allen Uni-
versity Baseball that a game was won
with the ten run submission rule.
Head Coach Napoleon E. Coleman
Il, in his first year at the helm of the
team when commenting on the big win
said, ‘‘it feels good to win my College
debut, the enthusiasm and Allen spirit
is there and it helps to coach a group
that wants to learn.’’ ‘‘However,
coaching Allen is more than a job,
coaching,’’ he quickly added, ‘‘it is a
labor of love and devotion.’’ He cre-
dited the young team—mostly
freshman and sophomores for their
hard work and discipline.
“*Allen University Athletics,’’
Coach Coleman stated,’’ is rebound-
ing under the leadership of Bishop F.
C. James and Dr. Collie Coleman?’’
The rebuilding of the Baseball Pro-
gram got a big push last fall when the
Board of Trustees approved the Presi-
dent’s recommendation to grant twen-
ty-one Scholarships for up to
$1,250.00 per Semester. As a result of
that effort, Coach Coleman added,
“‘we have been able to attract several
fine baseball players.’’ Out of the
twenty-one ballplayers, sixteen are
Fresh men. ‘‘They can only get
better,’’ Coach Coleman said with a
big grin.
When asked what was the key to the
initial win, Coach Coleman said, ‘‘we
hit the ball well andd played an error-
free game, something that we have
worked hard on in practice.
The Yellow Jackets had sixteen
hits and twelve runs in the winning
attack, which was led by several play-
ers including Brian Shumpert, the
winning pitcher. Shumpert recorded
nine strike outs, two walks, and two
hits. The big scorer, Kendall Ray, had
three hits including a home run and
three RBI’s. Jerry Cobb, Tim Brown,
and Scott Shumpert each pitched in
with two hits each. The Yellow
Jackets, a running team, also stole a
total of nine bases in their winning ef-
fort.
DMC News and Views
by L. E. Bryan
Chicago, IL—We thought you would
like to share a few excerpts from let-
ters we have received relative to DMC
activities. Here are a few:
1. From the Right Reverend John
R. Bryant, Bishop of the 14th
Episcopal District: ‘‘Thank you for
your complimentary copy of The
DMC’s Bicentennial Tribute to African
Methodism, Past and Present . . . It is
my prayer that the Lord will continue
to shower His blessings upon you.”’
2. From Mrs. Portia Bailey-Beal,
Acting Supervisor, Fourth Episcopal
District W.M.S.: ‘‘Congratulations
on the Bicentennial Year Project. I
trust that the book will be a tremen-
dous success, for it will be a wonder-
ful reference in dealing with the his-
tory of the A.M.E. Church.”
3. From Mrs. Bettye J. Allen, Con-
nectional P.M.E. Director, W.M.S.:
“This comes to confirm my thanks
and appreciation for the publication
from your department. I am also
grateful to have been a part of your
team in Fort Worth Texas—at the
General Conference. The affair was
truly beautiful.’’
4, From Rev. Corneal A. Davis, Re-
tired Illinois State Legislator: ‘‘I am
writing this short note to express my
sincere appreciation and gratitude for
the copy of your Bicentennial Tribute
to African Methodism, Past and Pre-
sent (1787-1987)... 1 have enjoyed
reading its excerpts daily. It is truly a
volume for which you must be proud
and one that every African Methodist
Episcopal Church member should -
have in his/her library . . * It is so in-
formative and I feel so good when I
read about people that I have known
personally. It brings back warm mo-
ments and fond memories . . . Con-
gratulations on a job ‘Well-done!’”’
5. From a Layperson in Memphis,
Tennessee: ‘‘Your book is—for all
Christians—history that will never be
forgotten.’’ (Mrs. Sarah Robinson)
6. From a Layperson in Chicago, II-
linois: ‘‘I am enjoying the book very
much. When I read all the letters of
congratulations from so many
V.I.P.’s, it makes me so proud to be a
member of this great A.M.E. Church.
Thanks for getting the book
together.’’ (Mrs. Susie Black)
We hope you have availed yourself
of the opportunity of acquiring The
DMC’s Bicentennial Tribute To Afri-
can Methodism, Past And Present,
1787-1987 and are taking time to read
and refer to it from time to time.
Happy Birthday, Mom and Dad,
Our Esteemed Parents
Nashville, TN—February is a very im-
portant month in the Johnson Family,
Not only because it is Black History
month, but because of the birthdays
that occur,
Rev. L. W. Johnson was born on
February 24, 1901, near Clifton, Ten-
nessee, ‘‘on the banks of the Tennes-
see River,’’ His wife, the former Lu-
cile Jackson of Midville, Georgia,
celebrates her birthday on February 3.
Before and after being licensed to
preach in the Tennessee Conference in
1939, Rev, Johnson was a distinguish-
ed teacher, principal and school build-
er. In Lebanon, TN, he was principal
of Wilson County Training School
and its first football coach. In Prince-
ton, Kentucky, he was principal of
Dotson High School and builder of
the school plant; in Trenton, he was
high school principal and at Midville,
Georgia, he became principal of Ro-
chelle High School, which he renamed
Taber High after rebuilding the school
plant.
The minister-educator has also been
a railway dining car waiter. Rev.
Johnson received a Bachelor’s degree
from Tennessee State University anda
Master’s degree from Fisk University.
He had led congregations at Shorter
Chapel-Franklin, Bell Buckle Circuit,
Allen-Bethel-Lewisburg, all in the
Tennessee Conference, as well as at
Midville, Georgia.
By far, his greatest pastorship has
been twenty-three years at St. Luke
A.M.E. Church in Gallatin, Ten-
nessee, where he and his lovely and
dedicated wife put their four children
through college on just his pastoral sa-
lary. They were both very active, not
only in church affairs, but city and
community involvements as well.
Mrs. Johnson served with the Upward
Bound (pre-college) Program at Fisk
and Tennessee State to bring high
school students from Gallatin to high-
er education. She has often been
quoted as saying, ‘‘The more I seem
to do for others, the more others do
for me and my family.’’
During the early part of their thirty-
nine years of marriage, they sat down
and decided, ‘‘We will make the best
investment with the remainder of our
time, money and our lives; we will in-
vest in our children.’? They always
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Rey. and Mrs, L. W. Johnson
took their children to all the confer-
ences they attended to expose them to
the best by meeting the bishop and
other church leaders. They always
taught them to strive to do and be
your very best, seldom giving compli-
ments, but always giving support.
A good investment always reaps
good dividends. Dr. Camilla Johnson
Cobb is a Fisk graduate and received a
Medical Degree along with her hus-
band, Dr. Steven R. Cobb, from
Meharry Medical College. Rev. Ralph
Johnson graduated from Fisk Univer-
sity and Vanderbilt University with a
dual degree in Physics and Engineer-
ing, and is now an A.M.E. pastor as
well as a Senior Electrical Engineer
with the Tennessee Valley Authority,
and is married to the former Patricia
Bender, a Tennessee State graduate.
Mrs. Deborah Johnson Mitchell is a
graduate of Tennessee State in Soci-
ology and Psychology and is married
to Dr. Carey Mitchell, a dentist. Mr.
Roy Johnson also completed a dual
degree in Physics and Bio-Medical En-
gineering from Fisk and Vanderbilt,
and is now in his third year of Medical
School at Meharry.
Rev. L. W. Johnson, listed in
Who’s Who Among Black Americans
(1980-1981), is a member of the
N.A.A.C.P. and the United Way
Board of Directors. He is presently
the very proud pastor of Bethel
A.M.E. Church in Columbia, Ten-
nessee.
“1’m always concerned about peo-
ple. My wife and I have worked to
build good relations across racial and
denomination lines. Pastoring has
been a wonderful experience.”’
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The AME Christian Recorder
April 17, 1989
Black Photographers Expose
Evils in America
Williamstown, MA—‘‘What the
camera had to do was expose the evils
of racism, the evils of poverty, the dis-
crimination, and the bigotry by show-
ing the people who suffered most
under it,’’ said noted Black
photographer Gordon Parks.
Black Photographers Bear Wit-
ness: One Hundred Years of Social
Protest, the first historical overview
of the role of Black photographers in
the struggle for civil rights in America,
opens at the Williams College Muse-
um of Art (WCMA) on March 25,
1989, and will remain on view through
October 8. More than seventy pho-
tographers will present the work of
the following American-born pho-
tographers active between 1889 and
1989: James Presley Ball, C. M. Bat-
tey, James Van Der Zee, Brent Jones,
Ozier Muhammed, Gordon Parks,
Robert Sengstacke, Moneta Sleet, Jr.,
Marvin and Morgan Smith, Christian
Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, and Pat
Ward Williams. Consisting of photo-
journalism, street photography, por-
traiture, and interpretive photogra-
phy, Black Photographers Bear Wit-
ness examines the diverse concerns
and approaches of Black photogra-
phers who have used the camera as
both a mirror of their time and a cata-
lyst for change.
The exhibition has been organized
by the Williams College Museum of
Art as part of ART: AFRICAN-
AMERICAN, a series of exhibitions
and events commemorating the 100th
anniversary of the graduation of Gai-
us Charles Bolin, the first Black stu-
dent at Williams College. The guest
curator for the exhibition is Deborah
Willis, Photography Curator, The
Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture, New York. Howard
Dodson, Director of The Schomburg
Center, is guest historian. After its
presentation of WCMA, Black
Photographers Bear Witness will
travel to The Schomburg Center for
Research in Black Culture, New York
(October 22, 1989-January 6, 1990);
The Corcoran Gallery of Art,
Washington, DC (January 13-March
26, 1990); the Afro-American Histori-
cal and Cultural Museum, Philadel-
phia (April 14-June 25, 1990); and the
Museum of African-American Art,
Dallas (July 14-September 17, 1990).
Almost from the origin of pho-
tography, Blacks have figured pro-
minently in its history—as documen-
tarians, journalists, artists, and studio
photographers. A free man of color,
Jules Lion, introduced the daguerro-
type to New Orleans as early as 1840.
Blacks appeared frequently as sub-
jects of 19th-century photographers—
Black as well as White, During the
first four decades of the 20th century,
Black photographers made significant
contributions to preserving aspects of
African-American history and culture
through the photographic medium.
Despite this history, according to De-
borah Willis and Howard Dodson,
“relatively little research has been
done on the collective interest of
Black photographers and the influence
of race or sex on photography as an
art form or medium of expression,
We hope that this exhibition will begin
to address the varied concerns of the
Black photographers who have used
this tool to influence public opinion
since 1889.”’
The portraits in the exhibition por-
tray unknown individuals—a_ victim
of a lynching, a charwoman, bused
school children, and civil rights
demonstrators—as well as such well-
known Black leaders as Booker T.
Washington, W. E. B. DuBois, Mar-
cus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
and Malcolm X. Documentary pho-
tographs include such images as
Moneta Sleet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning
photograph of Mrs. King holding her
daughter at her husband’s funeral;
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., protesting
in front of a Harlem department
store; and marches such as Garvey’s
UNIA parade of 1924, the Selma
march of 1965, and the Atlanta pro-
test march of 1973.
Several of the photographs interpret
or reinvestigate past events. Pat Ward
Williams’ 32 Hours in a Box...
Still Counting, for example, is an at-
tempt to visualize the true incident of
Henry ‘‘Box’’ Brown who, in 1856,
shipped himself out of slavery to
freedom in a box.
A 72-page catalogue with 48 black
and white illustrations is planned to
accompany the exhibition. The cata-
logue will contain essays by guest cu-
rator Deborah Willis and historian
Howard Dodson of the Schomburg
Center for Research in Black Culture.
As part of ART: AFRICAN-AME-
RICAN, WCMaA is organizing two
other exhibitions in association with
the Black photography show: Stitch-
ing Memories: African-American
Story Quilts, which opens April 15,
and Selections: Contemporary Afri-
can-American Artists, which opens
May 13. Deborah Menaker, WCMA
Associate Curator of Exhibitions,
characterizes all three exhibitions as
“windows onto African-American
culture which seen together strengthen
and enrich each other.’’
In conjunction with ART: AFRI-
CAN AMERICAN, the Williams
College Museum of Art and the
Williams College Center for the Hu-
manities and Social Sciences will pre-
sent a series of related events and pro-
grams supported in part by a grant
from the Massachusetts Foundation
for Humanities and Public Policy, a
state program of the National Endow-
ment for Humanities, The first pro-
gram, a lecture on the African-Ameri-
can storytelling tradition by Patricia
Turner, folklore scholar and Assistant
Professor of Black Studies, University
of Massachusetts, Boston, will take
place on April 15, 1989, in association
with the public opening of Black Pho-
tographers Bear Witness: 100 Years
of Social Protest and Stitching
Memories: African-American Story
Quilts. Both the lecture and the open-
ing reception from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
on April 15, 1989, are free and open
to the public.
Continued form page 4
Bishop Samuel S. Morris
III; son-in-law, Donald Green; two
grandsons, Jason Green and Samuel
S. Morris, IV; one granddaughter,
Kyla Green; one brother and sister-in-
law, Dr. James and Mrs. Lottie Mor-
ris of Sacramento, CA; cousins, Effie
Lee Jones, San Francisco, CA; Mary
Pettiford, Richmond, Virginia; aunt,
Mrs. Irma Morris, Richmond, Vir-
ginia; nieces, Gwendolyn Miller and
Anita Morris, Sacramento; brother-
in-law, Robert L. Smith, Springfield,
TN; two sisters-in-law, Laura Hen-
derson, Dayton, OH, and Gwendolyn
Woodard, Pittsburgh, PA, and a host
of other relatives and friends who lov-
ed him dearly.
Greater Pittsburgh
Founder’s Day Features
F. M. Reid,
Rey. F. M. Reid, III
Pittsburgh, PA—The Reverend Frank
Madison Reid, III, pastor of Bethel
African Methodist Episcopal Church,
Baltimore, Maryland, was speaker for
the Annual Founder’s Day Worship
Service sponsored by the Greater
Pittsburgh A.M.E. Ministerial Al-
liance and the Pittsburgh Conference
Christian Education Department. St.
James A.M.E. Church was the site for
the annual event.
‘*There’s a Fever in the House’’ was
the subject for Rev. Reid’s sermon
message, which was based on a text
from St. Mark 1:28-31. He told his
hearers that one can be busy out serv-
ing, yet have a problem (fever) in the
house... though the outward ap
pearance of an individual may be nice,
there can be a ‘‘fever’’ in the house.
He recalled that Jesus, coming from
the temple with Simon Peter, Andrew,
James and John, went into the house
of the mother-in-law of Simon Peter
and that while Peter was busy follow-
ing Jesus about, there was a fever in
the house. While many are gathered
for this Founder’s Day, he stated
there is fever in ‘‘our denominational
house’’ (African Methodism).
Our membership, type of car and
dress and politics, he stressed, are
causing fever. Rev. Reid further noted
that the members want to hear more
about Jesus as opposed to the meet-
ings scheduled throughout the connec-
tion. He stated that ‘‘we need to serve
the Risen Saviour; we need to look
forward instead of being so rooted
and grounded in our past, constantly
looking backward instead of for-
ward.’’ He observed that ‘‘we need to
live the life we sing about, at home.”’
Rev. Reid told the congregation of
receptive listeners that Jesus went to
the home of Simon Peter’s mother-in-
law, after which she got up and went
to serve. He emphasized the need to
understand that one is saved to serve!
In the church, persons are needed
whose spiritual ‘dungeons have shook
and whose chains have been broken’’
to go out to serve, The solution to the
fever in one’s house is to get more Je-
sus and then to go Out to serve.
Musical selections were rendered by
the choirs of St. James, Pittsburgh,
Brown Chapel, Pittsburgh, and Great-
er Morris Chapel of Farrell, PA. The
Reverends Byron Jordan and Gregory
Herndon read Scripture lessons, Other
participants in the service included the
Reverends Marion Young, Robert
Taylor, Moses Wright, Jr., Samson
Cooper, David Brown, Donald
Owens, Sr., James Hux, II, and
Charles Buckner,
Greetings were extended to a con-
gregation of approximately four hun-
dred by Mrs. Martha Garland, Pitts-
burgh Conference Women’s Mis-
il
sionary President; Mr. Johnnie Miott,
Pittsburgh Conference Lay Organiza-
tion President and Mrs. Vel Hux, Pre-
ident of the Pittsburgh Conference
Ministers’ Wives. The Reverend Wil-
liam Estes, program chairperson, ac-
knowledged the presence of the Rev.
William S. Hopson, Presiding Elder
of the Pittsburgh District; the Honor-
able William Robinson of the House
of Representatives, and Attorney
Byrd Brown, candidate for the office
of Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Barbara Young, Creative Arts
chairperson of the Connectional
Women’s Missionary Society and Ms.
Ruth G. Dalton, Third Episcopal
District Church School Superinten-
dent, were among those present.
The Honorable Livingstone Morris
Johnson, Judge of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas since 1973, was the reci-
pient of the Community Founder’s
Day Award. He was commended for
his interest in the youth and for his ac-
tive membership in the St. Mark Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal Church in
Wilkinsburg, PA. Judge Johnson
thanked the committee (the Revs.
Herndon, Moses Wright, Jr., and
Helen Burton) for selecting him for
the award. He thanked his childhood
Sunday School teacher, Rev. Young,
for his guidance, attributing to his de-
termination to serve God and the
A.M.E. Church to the best of his abi-
lity.
An Appreciation Award was pre-
sented to the Rev. Frank Madison
Reid, III, by the Rev. Taylor T.
Thompson, president of the Minis-
terial Alliance. Rev. Reid thanked the
Alliance, as well as the Christian
Education Department, for inviting
him to share in their Founder’s Day
celebration.
Rev. Reid is the newly-assigned pas-
tor of Bethel, Baltimore, coming
from Ward A.M.E. Church, Los An-
geles, California, where he pastored
for eight years. His ministry has taken
him to such places as Monrovia, Li-
beria, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
He holds a Bachelor's degree from
Yale University, a Master's degree in
Divinity from Harvard University,
and is, currently, a Samuel Proctor
Fellow, working toward a doctoral
degree from United Theological Semi-
nary in Dayton, Ohio. He has received
numerous awards for community and
humanitarian deeds and was honored
in the Las Angeles Times as one of the
“eighty-eight to watch in 1988.”
A lovely reception followed the
worship service. The Reverend Frede-
rick Wright was host pastor for this
glorious, spirit-filled celebration.
Ms. Ruth G. Dalton
Pgh. Conf. Lay Organization
Director of Public Relations
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About
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FIRST EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
AME CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
BISHOP FRANK C. CUMMINGS
NEW YORK
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
April 26-30, 1989
WMS Annual Day
April 25, 1989
Emmanuel A.M.E. Church
37-41 West 119th Street
New York City, NY 10026
Church Phone: (212) 722-3969
Pastor’s Phone: (914) 636-6334
The Rev. Millard D. Birt, Host Pastor
The Rev. W. Lee Freeman, Host P.E.
NEW ENGLAND
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May 18-21, 1989
WMS Annual Day
May 17, 1989
Bethel A.M.E. Church
110 Grove Street
Bridgeport, CT 06606
Church Telephone: (203) 384-9200
Pastor’s Telephone: (203) 371-0214
The Rev. Ellis B. Louden, Host Pastor
The Rev. Herbert L. Eddy, Host P.E.
PHILADELPHIA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May 24-28, 1989
WMS Annual Day
May 23, 1989
Trinity A.M.E. Church
27th and Cumberland Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19132
Church Telephone: (215) 229-1652
Pastor’s Telephone: (215) 276-1360
The Rev. E. W. Saunders, Host Pastor
The Rev. Harry J. White, Host P.E.
THE FIRST DISTRICT
PLANNING MEETING
June 8-9, 1989
Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church
Corner of New and Neilson Streets
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Church Phone: (201) 749-8476
Pastor’s Telephone: (201) 545-3638
The Rev. H. A. Hildebrand, Host Pastor
The Rev. C. E. Martin, Host P.E.
SECOND EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
A.M.E. CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
BISHOP H. H. BROOKINS
VIRGINIA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
April 19-23, 1989
St. Paul Church
2500 Chestnut Avenue
Newport, News, VA 23607
Church Phone: (804) 245-6181
Pastor’s Phone: (804) 826-6221
The Rev. S. W. Williams, Jr., Pastor
NORTH CAROLINA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
April 26-30, 1989
Willow Oak and Allen Chapel
P.O. Box 72
Rich Square, NC 27869
Church Phone: (919) 539-2931
Pastor’s Phone: (919) 539-4128
The Rev. C. K. Pridgen, Pastor
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May 17-21, 1989
St. Paul Church
402 West Edenton Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
Church Phone: (919) 832-2709
Pastor’s Phone: (919) 834-8794
The Rev. G. L. Edmond, Pastor
WASHINGTON
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May 24-28, 1989
Brown Memorial Church
130 14th Street N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
Church Phone: (202) 543-0473
Pastor’s Phone: (301) 588-6042
The Rev. Edgar L. James, Pastor
SECOND EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
PLANNING CONFERENCE
June 2-3, 1989
Richmond, VA
SECOND EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
RETREAT
July 11-14, 1989
Norfolk State University
SIXTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
AME CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
BISHOP JOHN HURST ADAMS
GEORGIA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
April 17-21, 1989
St. Paul A.M.E. Church
1526 Wolf Street
Brunswick, Georgia 31520
Church Telephone: (912) 264-2734
Pastor’s Telephone: (912) 264-0897
The Rey. Richard Q. Ward, Pastor
AUGUSTA GEORGIA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May 1-5, 1989
St. Paul A.M.E. Church
306 Third Avenue
Vidalia, GA 30474
Church Telephone: (912) 537-4872
Pastor’s Telephone: (912) 537-0782
The Rev. C. O. Adams, Jr., Pastor
MACON GEORGIA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May 15-19, 1989
Steward Chapel A.M.E. Church
887 Forsyth Street
Macon, GA 31208
Church Telephone: (912) 742-4922
Pastor’s Telephone: (912) 745-2351
The Rev. David H. Jackson, Pastor
ATLANTA-NORTH GEORGIA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May 29 - June 2, 1989
St. Phillips A.M.E. Church
242 Candler Road
Atlanta, GA 30317
Church Telephone: (404) 371-0749
Pastor’s Telephone: (404) 349-5081
The Rev. George Moore, Sr., Pastor
POST CONFERENCE
PLANNING MEETING
June 15 - 17, 1989
Sixth Episcopal District
African Methodist Episcopal Church
SIXTEENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
AME CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
BISHOP ROBERT L. PRUITT
GUYANA-SURINAME
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
April 20-23, 1989
Bethel A.M.E. Church
Kaiser Straat 140
Paramaribo, Surinam
The Rev. Pearline E. Chaser, Host Pastor
The Rev. Dr. H. E. Hinds, Sr., Host P.E.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
April 27-30, 1989
Bethel A.M.E. Church
12th & Queen Street
U.S, Virgin Islands, St. Croix
Church Phone: 1-809-773-6892
Pastor’s Phone; 1-809-778-9403
The Rey. V. H. A. Gordon, Host Pastor
The Rey. Louis C. Davis, Host P.E.
HAITI ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May 4-7, 1989
A.M.E, Church
Rue de Centre #320
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
The Rey. Saul Louis, Host Pastor
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May 11-14, 1989
Bethel A.M.E. Church
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
The Rev. J. Green, Host Pastor & P.E.
TRINIDAD—GRENADA-—
BARBADOS
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
July 19-24, 1989
Nazareth A.M.E. Church
Sunshine Avenue
San Juan, Trinidad
The Rev. Anderson Burkett, Host Pastor
The Rev. Dr. Fleming Joseph, Host P.E.
LONDON ENGLAND
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
August 17-20, 1989
Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church
Bay 624 Malton Road
North Kensington
London W. 10 6110
The Rev. B. K. Tweed, Host Pastor
NINETEENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
AME CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
BISHOP HAROLD B. SENATLE
NATAL & ORANGIA
MIDYEAR SESSION
May 27-28, 1989
St. Jones’ A.M.E. Church
Ladysmith, Natal
The Rev. M. M. Monaheng, Pastor
P.O. Box 327
Ladysmith 3370
NORTH TRANSVAAL
EAST TRANSVAAL
WEST TRANSVAAL
MIDYEAR SESSION
June 3-4, 1989
Mokone Memorial A.M.E. Church
Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria
Church Phone: (0146) 37-665
The Rev. H. G. Cakwe, Pastor
P.O. Box 55
Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria 2080
NATAL
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
November 9-12, 1989
New Castle
Church Phone: (03431) 94-711
The Rev. N. S. Sikhakhane, Pastor
P.O. Box 14140
Madadeni 2951
NORTH TRANSVAAL
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
November 15-19, 1989
Lebowa-Kgomo
Church Phone: (01529) 2210
The Rev. S. P. Chesane, Pastor
P.O. Box 154
Chuenespoort, Pietersburg 0745
ORANGIA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
November 22-26, 1989
Xaba Memorial A.M.E. Church
Heilbron
Church Phone: (01614) 2-1510
The Rev. J. B. Mbalo, Pastor
P.O. Box 231
Heilbron 9650
EAST TRANSVAAL
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
December 6-10, 1989
Emmanuel A,M.E. Church
Ermelo
Church Phone; (0139) 2511
The Rey, J. W, Dlamini, Pastor
P.O. Box 180
Ermelo 2350
WEST TRANSVAA]
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
December 13-17, 1989
Mmbatho, Mafikeng
Church Phone: (0140) 2-1768
The Rev, E. R. Lechoti, Pastor
P.O. Box 300
Mafikeng 8670
NINETEENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
PLENARY MEETING
January 5-6, 1990
St. Francis A.M.E, Church
Potchefstroom
Church Phone: (0180) 5529
The Rev. M. D. Phetlhu, Pastor
P.O. Lesedi
Ikageng, Potchefstroom 2520
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The AME Christian Recorder
April 17, 1989
Big Bad Wolf in Sheepskin
by A. Lee Henderson
Truth is not so distant from the
fairytale parables of our childhood.
Disguised as fantasy, it masks the ugly
future.
So I was reminded on a recent trip
through Oklahoma where I tuned in
by radio to a debate among educators
on the incursions of Parental Preroga-
tive legislation in the public schools.
Minnesota, Arkansas and Okla-
homa were reported to have passed
such legislation which could provide
parents with a choice initiative of
placing their children wherever they
desired within the school system.
Freedom of choice was propounded
as healthy, yet as I listened, the impli-
cations rang a bell of foreboding.
What would happen if every minority-
integrated school in the geographical
borders accessible to minority stu-
dents were stripped of its majority
Caucasian students through ‘‘freedom
of choice’ Parental Prerogative?
Was this the anti-civil rights, anti-
integration Big Bad Wolf stalking mi-
norities from the halls of education
armed with the sheepskin deception of
“freedom of choice’? to graduate
from the schools of choice?
Although the general public, and
even some of the top media people
such as Elaine Woo, Los Angeles
Times Education Writer in California
told one they have not researched the
issue or covered it as yet, the spectre
stalks our legislative county and gu-
bernatorial houses. Ms. Woo ac-
knowledged that Bill Honig, Superin-
tendent of Schools in California
ultimately wants Parental Prerogative
Legislation passed, and it must be ger-
minating in one form or another
among legislators there! To date, she
was not aware of any media coverage
on the issue by the August Los Ange-
les Times.
California is unique since the Los
Angeles Board of Education ‘‘faced
with grim statistics showing pervasive
low achievement will consider approv-
ing an ambitious ten-year $431 million
plan aimed at reversing years of aca-
demic failure, particularly among
poor, minority students.’
What exists here in microcosm
shows up en masse across the nation,
High dropout rates and chronically
poor test scores demand action, In
L.A. County the March 27 release of
the document ‘*The Children Can No
Longer Wait’’ publicly states that
“institutional racism’’ prevents mi-
nority youngsters from getting the
quality of education available to
Anglo students; but community lead-
ers are concerned that the report is
still inadequate in addressing the
specific needs of Black, Latino. and
Asian school children.
When we look at the nation’s sec-
ond largest school district, Los Ange-
les, we see that the minorities are kept
at a disadvantage by the way they are
taught academically, far below their
critical-thinking level and their poten-
tial.
But instead of directing a frontal at-
tack upon the prevailing inadequacies
of overcrowded classrooms and low-
paid, limited teachers, the problem is
being approached from an administra-
tive/organizational re-structuring that
seems inadequate to the problems fac-
ing us on the local, state and nation-
wide levels.
Good intentions decorate the Big
Bad Wolf’s disguise like a pretty bon-
net. Detracting from the carnivorous
bite of the monster who would prefer
to reign upon his own terms and grati-
Ahad
A. Lee Henderson
fy his selfish appetites at the expense
of human progress and dignity.
Reform, however, is sorely needed
and most welcome. We welcome its
beginnings in Los Angeles and hope
that it is precedent-setting in its ex-
emplary national scope.
A unique view of Parental Preroga-
tive came to us from Stuart Gothold,
Superintendent of the Los Angeles
County Office of Education, in an ex-
clusive telephone interview with us.
Gothold was totally aware and in-
formed of the issue, citing Minnesota
as the state where this has made far-
sweeping gains.
Gothold’s considered views were
readily shared with us in his earnest
attempt to cooperate and share his
personal and academic evaluations on
a quality professional level.
“We now have modifications of
Parental Prerogative programs in Los
Angeles,’’ he pointed out. ‘No longer
is the school district attendance man-
datory to residential areas. Children
can qualify for a school outside their
residential family boundaries. Work
location of parents can also define
where the child may elect to attend
school subject to parental request.’’
Parents who wish to enroll children
in ‘‘magnet’’ schools, a designation
for specialty arts, music, and accele-
rative academic programs may con-
sider such schools as options. Permits
with transportation are available, and
these schools are drawing increased
attention and interest.
Film executive Ross Merrin whose
son Beau, twelve-years-old currently
(and Graham, nine-years-old, subse-
quently) attends the Magnet Loyola
School in Santa Monica, California,
notes that the creative teaching staff
enjoys a United Nations cross-section
of students from wide minority ethnic
groups. Merrin, an activist in human
rights-and-potential causes, enjoyed
his own childhood in integrated com-
munity activities with his brothers
Bruce and Scott Merrin. (Indeed, they
played basketball as minority mem-
bers of my all-Black team!) At the
magnet schools, the diversified ethnic
groups enriched the cultural and aca-
demic potentials of the pupils. Ex-
panding future horizons of the world
and its peoples as a planetary experi-
ence must be shared equitably to be
fully enjoyed socially and economical-
ly.
Superintendent Gothold cited a
specialized high school magnet pro-
gram available in Los Angeles county-
wide through the Fine Arts College at
California State.
However, in the guise of providing
creative schools to gratify the perfor-
mance potentials and motivate stu-
dents to increased levels of learning,
can we shield ourselves from the nega-
tive, the downside impact of pervasive
Parental Prerogative legislation? Will
the arbitrary choices of parents push
minority students back to a lonely, in-
adequate educational ghetto?
Stuart Gothold expressed reserva- What are the deeply rooted social
Hons, ; values that impact our minorities?
“Tt can lead to racial isolation,’’ he What does the minority Black child
concurred, ‘‘The better facilities will extract from its environment and is
operate at capacity. And there is a there any cultural expectation to func-
problem that gives me great concern, tion, to achieve a ‘‘good’’ child level
too. Should we be marketing schools to participate in our world of com-
like candy bars or products and reduc- merce, COmmunications, creative
ing educational institutions to popu- arts?
larity contests?”’ The major Parental Prerogative we
Indeed, we must be careful, as Su- have to initiate is in the choice of pre-
perintendent Gothold counsels, to paring children, less in our image than
sidestep the pitfalls that place our in our clear and urgent vision of
school choices for our children in the vaulting forward to become progres-
arena of major and minor league sively better, challenging our children
sports teams. Yet the challenge to to accomplish and enjoy their accom-
achieve on a student level, scoring to plishments.
top oneself when encouraged in Economic blight takes a tormenting
academic competition is exciting. toll of our psychological resources.
The objective of providing our Yet we must determine to roll for-
children a basic education in our wards, not backwards!
democracy is founded on a premise Beyond Parental Prerogative for
that by developing skills, knowledge Minorities, let us bag the Big Bad
and training in informative years, we Wolf from marauding our civil rights,
can equip our children to formulate and in the best measures available to
their future. us, let us keep alert to the legislative
The seeds of pre-school kindergar- processes in our respective constitu-
ten, individuated attention through ences so that we not only stand our
smaller classes, and cultural sensitivi- ground to protect our educational
ty to the racial and ethnic language/ equality, but struggle further to a van-
performance expressiveness and tage point of educational superiority
values inherent in our new citizens and in competition with ourselves.
recently enfranchised minorities can Education, a milestone to so many
be nurtured to overcome currently Of us before achieving our fuller ad-
dismal outlooks. vances into economic prosperity, can
The problems within our school na- jolt the per capita index into a new
tionwide impact all children, all pa- story in the annals of Black achieve-
rents. Until we deal actively with these ment. Success is as viable as failure.
problems and accelerate aggressively By gearing our children toward
to correct the deficiencies, all will suf- “‘The New Jerusalem,”’ we may gain
fer. the momentum to rocket us into a
Jaimie Escalante, the heroic teacher startling new page in the annals of our
portrayed in the film ‘*‘Stand And De- Own success.
liver’? whose challenge to his students NOTE:
emancipated them from their inner Carly Simon won the 1989 Oscar
deprivations of viewing themselves be- for her song ‘‘Let The River Run’”’
low the levels of their potentials to ex- featured in the movie ‘‘Working
cel, can be the folk hero of an inspired Girl’? where the phrase ‘‘the New
teaching profession and aspiring stu- Jerusalem’ is used, ironically, in
dents in minority neighborhoods. context with the accelerated pace of
We must pay careful attention, executive achievement and compe-
however, not to regress into ghetto tition to connote the megafrontiers
isolation. of the business world as ‘‘the New
Deeply rooted social values impact Jerusalem!’”
education in our children, The Japa-
nese youngsters have been inculcated
with a respect for a high-tech indus-
trial world within which they are ex-
pected to function at peak levels of
achievement if they are ‘‘good’’ chil-
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