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Vol. 139, No. §
The AME Christian Recorder
November 27, 1989
W.M.S. Holds Convention at South Ohio Conference in 3rd District
The Richard Allen Hildebrand
Ministerial Scholarship Initiated
Bishop R. A. Hildebrand
Cincinnati, OH—The 38th Annual
Session of the Women’s Missionary
Society convened at St. Paul A.M.E.
Church, host to the South Ohio An-
nual Conference of the 3rd Episcopal
District. The Rev. Ralph Newell is
pastor of the church. Mrs. Beatrice
R. Shipes was host president of the
W.M.S. meeting.
The opening session of the Conven-
tion was called to order by Con-
ference Branch President Odessa
Brown and Mrs. Harriet Graham pre-
sided at the Noon worship, where a
dynamic Missionary Sermon was de-
livered by the Rev. Marla Coulter of
Bethel A.M.E. Church, Lockland.
Two past district presidents, Mrs.
Coeany Drummer and Mrs. Edith
Hodge, were honored at the An-
nual Luncheon. Mrs. Hodge gave
$1,000 for education in memory of
her late husband, Presiding Elder
Please turn to page 6
Editor Reid is Communion
Sunday Guest at Lee Chapel
Dr. Donald E. Newberry, Sr.
Dr. Robert H. Reid, Jr.
Cincinnati, OH—Dr. Donald E. New-
berry, Dean of the South Ohio Con-
ference, has begun his 34th year as
pastor of Lee Chapel A.M.E.
Church. During his thirty-four years,
Dr. Newberry has performed a mira-
cle on the corner of Cinnamon and
Pogue Streets, where the New Lee
Chapel Church and educational mul-
tiplex facility are located. It was
Bishop Alexander Joseph Allen who
first appointed Dr. Newberry to this
church in 1955.
Upon the arrival of Christian Re-
corder Editor Robert H. Reid, Jr., at
Lee Chapel Church for the 10:30 a.m.
communion worship service, he saw
many busy people making ready for
the Sunday’s activities. When he
stood up to preach, the church was
filled to its capacity. The heavenly
singing of the Mass Choir and the
Children’s Choir set the stage for the
sermon. Please turn to page 6
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Dr. J. Arthur Holmes Honored
for Forty Years
Columbia, SC—God’s servants in the
African Methodist Episcopal Church
have an ‘‘Itinerant’’ Ministry.
Ministers are assigned to hopefully
take advantage of their particular
strengths and to match them with
congregations that need those
strengths. It is, then, not only a rec-
ord but a tribute to Pastor and people
when an A.M.E. Minister serves as
Pastor of the same congregation for
forty years.
This landmark achievement was
reached by Dr. J. Arthur Holmes,
Pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church,
Columbia, as he completed his for-
tieth year of service to the people of
Bethel. A native of Georgetown,
South Carolina, Dr. Holmes holds
degrees from Allen University, Wil-
berforce University, and Monrovia
College and Industrial Institute.
Since coming to Bethel in 1949, Dr.
Holmes’ service to Bethel and the ac-
complishments of Bethel have been
exemplary. The physical plant has
been renovated, an elevator and organ
have been installed, a $2,000,000
j Dr. J. Arthur Holmes, Pastor
housing project has been established,
and the main church building has
been placed on the National Register
of Historic Places. Most recently, the
church has purchased a half million
dollar building adjacent to the church
and has converted it into the J. Arthur
Holmes Activity Center.
Dr. Holmes’ Ministry and involve-
ment have extended beyond the walls
of Bethel. He was one of the founders
of South Carolina’s first biracial
Ministers’ association, served on the
Please turn to page 10
Bishop Vernon R. Byrd Responds
to Hugo Disaster
Bishop V. R. Byrd
Presiding Bishop, 13th District
Nashville, TN—Bishop Vernon R.
Byrd, presiding prelate of the 13th
Episcopal District, having heard of
the HUGO DISASTER in South Ca-
rolina and the Caribbean and St.
Croix area of the 16th Episcopal
District, called his presiding elders,
led on by Rev. W. F. Scruggs, saying,
“We must do something NOW.”’ In
spite of the series of annual confer-
ences in session, he asked the church-
es of the district to respond; and from
every nook and corner of the 13th
Episcopal District the pastors heard
the cry, ‘“‘Come over to Macedonia
and help us.”’
The committee, led on in the Nash-
ville area by Rev. and Mrs. S. M.
Davis, Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Scruggs,
Mr. Gilbert Beasley, Rev. and Mrs.
C. E. Jenkins, Sr., Rev. and Mrs.
Kenneth Robinson and Rev. Howard
Clark, went to Sam’s Wholesaler and
Metro Supermarket and bought need-
ed commodities, filling an eighteen-
wheeler truck almost to capacity,
leaving room for pick-ups in Fayet-
teville and Chattanooga, TN.
Please turn to page 6
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300 Years of African American Heritage in Florida
Gainesville, FL—From settling the
first free Black colony in North
America to organizing the famous
1963 March on Washington, at which
Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his
“I have a Dream’’ speech, Blacks in
Florida have played major roles in the
nation’s history, says a University of
Florida researcher.
“Only in the last generation has
there been an awakening of the im-
portance of the African American
heritage in Florida, largely because
Blacks are considered second class
citizens,’’ said Robert Zieger, a UF
history professor.
Florida’s prominent Blacks include
A. Philip Randolph, a national labor
and civil rights leader who founded
the March on Washington movement
and helped to direct the 1963 march,
James Weldon Johnson, the first
Black executive director of the Na-
tional Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People; and Zora
Neale Hurston, one of the pioneer
Black women writers of the early 20th
century.
The contributions of Florida’s
Blacks was the subject of the public
lecture series in Gainesville by nation-
al scholars, titled ‘‘the African Ame-
rican heritage in Florida 1690-1990.”
Sponsored by UF’s history depart-
ment with a grant from the Florida
Endowment for the Humanities, the
three part lecture series began Octo-
ber 18 with a speech on Randolph by
his biographer, William H. Harris,
president of Texas Southern Universi-
ty in Houston.
Besides his leadership in the civil
rights movement, Randolph was pre-
sident of one of the nation’s great
labor organization, the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters, from 1925
until 1968. He was active in labor and
civil rights causes until his death in
1979.
“This year marks the 100th anni-
versary of A. Philip Randolph’s birth
in Crescent City and yet there has
been little public recognition or even
awareness of a man of such stature
who was also a native of Florida,”
Zieger said.
The Black experience in Florida
and the Caribbean is the subject of
the second lecture by Julius Scott of
Duke University at the Senior Recrea-
tion Center in Gainesville. It is
scheduled for February 8, 1990, to
coincide with Black History Month
Please turn to page 7
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2 The AME Christian Recorder
In just thirty-four short days, the
decade of the 1980s will end and,
come January First, the decade of the
1990s will begin. As we begin the last
decade of the 20th century, our minds
begin to anticipate the turn of this
century into the 21st century, the year
2000. What an occasion to anticipate:
moving out of one century into an-
other century. I am truly excited!
Let me, however, pause here and
give thanks for the Decade of the
Eighties, now ending. I am, indeed,
truly thankful to have served as Edi-
tor of The Christian Recorder during
these ten years of the 1980s and, also,
those preceding years since the day of ROBERT H. REID, JR.
my first election in Atlanta, Georgia.
My long-time friend, Russell S. Brown, Jr., wrote me a congratulatory let-
ter in 1988. He said, ‘‘Congratulations on being re-elected Editor of The
Christian Recorder; you deserve to be!”’
Most African Methodists knew the father of Russell S. Brown, Jr. His
father, the Rev. Russell S. Brown, was the thirteenth child born to his fami-
ly. He pastored in the fourth and Fifth Districts and served as the General
Secretary of the A.M.E. Church until his retirement.
Russell Brown, Jr., in his congratulatory letter to me, went on to say, |
wish for you a happy and successful administration. With so many general
officers enjoying success in the quest for Bishop, no doubt you are having
some restless moments.’’ Of course, all of the good men of African
Methodism cannot be bishops. I am thankful to have the privilege of serving
my denomination as a successful and fruitful general officer, the Editor of
The Christian Recorder is almost one century and five decades old.
I am thankful for Mother Reid and Father Reid, Stalwart African
Methodists, both of whom left us during this decade. I am also thankful for
those bishops, general officers, and other church leaders who were elected in
the 1980, 1984, and 1988 General Conferences, during his decade that is
now almost history.
We have seen a multiplicity of changes take place in our world over the
last ten years. I am thankful for the privilege to have celebrated the Thanks-
giving Day past; it is the last one of the eighties. As we are all busy getting
ready to celebrate the last Christmas of the 1980s, I am really very emo-
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Giving Thanks at the End-of-the-Decade of the Eighties
November 27, 1989
tional about what follows; and that is not just the beginning of a new year,
but the beginning of the last ten years of an old century. Do I take a slow
step forward? Or, do I take a giant leap forward?
I am so thankful for the many wonderful new friends that I have been
able to make, and, particularly, for those who became very special new
friends. That, truly, has given, and yet gives me much to live on and live for,
as I anticipate 1990 and the year 2000. During these past ten years, God has
opened the floodgates of his mercy clouds and poured out blessings without
measure. Because God promised, unconditionally, to bless His world, He
has opened the sluices of the heavens. God is truly my shepherd and I need
not want.
I am very thankful that I remain a child of God, as I anxiously project to
the certain, yet uncertain, future of a new decade and a brand new century.
This is a most significant consideration.
Let me, before I begin an editorial prayer, express my thanksgiving for
the continuing support of my Office Manager of the Christian Recorder,
whose contributions have made my tenure and this last decade less burden-
some here in this office. God has revealed Himself in many ways, and yet
He remains the greatest of all mysteries to humankind. I pray that He will
internalize in each of us the attributes of faith, hope and charity.
Almighty God, Father of heaven and earth, who crowneth the years, the
decades and the centuries with Thy goodness. I praise Thee that Thou has
ever fulfilled your promise to the family of humanity that while earth re-
maineth, seed-time and harvest shall not cease. I thank Thee for the order
and consistency of nature; for the beauty of earth and sky and sea; and for
your providence that, day by day and century by century, supplies my needs.
I choose now to draw from the ‘‘Now I lay me down to sleep’’ prayer,
taught to me by my parents, and from the theology taught me by my pro-
fessors in seminary, to conclude this ‘‘Giving Thanks’’ editorial as I clamor
for the privilege of a new century: When all physical efforts have been ex-
pended, all labor exhausted, and all requirements against me discharged,
may I enter into the fullness of life, graduating from lesser things to have, at
last, that final beginning in the presence of God forever.
I pray this Prayer of Thanksgiving for the leadership and followship of
this historic African Methodist Episcopal Church, built on sociological and
theological needs. I am thankful for its departments, including the Publica-
tion Department. Thankful are we for the God-endowed wisdom of Richard
Allen that resulted in a great religious institution. May all of the adherents
be truly blessed, in their venture from the past into the new and vast area of
the eventful future, with gratitude. May the pragmatic good prove its worth
in the making of a better tomorrow in the new decade and new century.
Time really passes fast.
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The AME Christian Recorder
Over 500 attended the 4th Annual Commemoration Ceremony
of the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Training Center
Urban League Honors Leaders
New York, NY—Over 500 friends of
the National Urban League came to-
gether to honor the outstanding con-
tribution of four pioneers who pro-
moted racial understanding and co-
Operation in American society. The
fourth annual commemoration cere-
mony of the Whitney M. Young
Training Center was held at the Na-
tional Urban League headquarters in
New York City.
Honoring more than twenty years
of dedicated service, the medallion
was presented to Enid C. Baird,
former Executive Assistant to Lester
Granger, Whitney M. Young, Jr.,
and Vernon E. Jordan, all former
chief executive officers of the Na-
tional Urban League; Dr. Daniel A.
Collins, San Francisco dentist and
former Board Member of both the
Bay Area Urban League and the Na-
tional Urban League; Dennis
Dowdell, Syracuse, New York talk
show host and former Executive Di-
rector of the Urban League of Onon-
daga County; and Wesley L. Scott,
former Executive Director of the Mil-
waukee Urban League.
John E. Jacob, President and Chief
Executive Officer of the National Ur-
ban League, congratulated the hon-
orees and proclaimed: ‘*These indi-
viduals have given unselfishly of their
time and talent. Collectively they have
given over one hundred-forty-two
years of loyal and effective service to
the Urban League Movement. They
have truly made a difference.’’
The honorees also received acco-
lades from Margaret Young, widow
of Whitney M. Young, Jr.; Vernon
E. Jordan; and other leaders of the
Urban League Movement.
The medallion is named in honor of
Whitney M.Young, Jr., the fourth Ex-
ecutive Director of the National Ur-
ban League.
The ceremony also marked the first
presentation of the Mollie Moon Dis-
tinguished Volunteer Service Award.
Mollie Moon is the President and
founder of the National Urban
League Guild. The Guild is a service
support arm to the National Urban
League. Its Beaux Arts Ball has been
an important annual event since 1942
and has raised over one million dol-
lars. The first Mollie Moon Award
was presented to Helen E. Harden, a
long time volunteer for the League
who worked side by side with Mollie
Moon.
The ceremony memorialized five
outstanding Urban Leaguers who,
during their lifetime, made significant
contributions to the Urban League
movement: John C. Dancy, Detroit
Urban League Executive Director;
James W. Daughtry, Jr., National
Urban League staff member; Travis
W. Vauls, Baltimore Urban League
Executive Director; Furman L. Tem-
pleton, Jr., Baltimore Urban League
Executive Director; and Thomas A.
Webster, Executive Director of the
Kansas City Urban League.
The National Urban League is a
nonprofit, community-based service
organization dedicated to securing
equal opportunity for African Ameri-
cans and other minorities.
Presiding Elder and Mrs. Nichols Visit
New Bethel A.M.E. Church, Bonifay, FL
Presiding Elder and Mrs. C. E. Ni-
chols made their first visit for the
Conference Year 1989-1990, on Sun-
day, October 1, 1989. Everyone seem-
ed ready for services beginning with
Sunday School and _ lasting
throughout the day.
0 everything there is a season
and a time to every purpose under
heaven. A time to be born and
a time to die. A time to plant, and a
time to pluck up that which is planted
A time to kill, and a time to heal. A
time to break Gown and time
to build up. A time to
weep, and a time to
laugh. A time to
mourn and a time
to dance
Ecclesiastes :3
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The Presiding Elder brought the
11:00 a.m. message which was taken
from Jeremiah, 18:4, ‘‘Thou Art the
Potter—I Am the Clay.”’’ Elder
Nichols kept the audience spellbound
as he explained the Word of God in an
articulate manner. Sunday, October
1, was also Communion Sunday
Presiding Elder C, E, Nichols, Pastor
Rev. Robert Tanner, and Rev. David
Green communed fifty-one people
Immediately after the 11:00 a.m
service the Elder held his Quarterly
Conference. Officers for the con
ference were elected. Also elected
were a delegate and an alternate
delegate to the District and Annual
Conference for 1989-1990. One
Brother Timothy Brunson,
passed away since the last Quarterly
member,
Conference. All auxiliaries gave
splendid reports asking for the pray
ers of the Quarterly Conference for a
successful year
The pastor, officers, and members
were complimented by the Presiding
Elder for the succes
year and wished for all a good year in
s made in the past
the future
Mayola S. Gearing, Reporter
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Corporate Representative Discusses Job
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Gainesville—Victor Barge, a budget
analyst for United Telephone of
Florida, talks with University of
Florida graudate student Jody Miller
during the fall semester’s Career Ex-
po. Barge, a 1986 graduate of UF,
represents one of the companies that
come to the university regularly to in-
form students about employment op-
portunities.
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Reverend Thomas B. Brown Represents New Orleans Cler
at the African American Summit | oe
Sidney J. Barthelemy, Mayor, City of New Orleans, Ron Brown, Chairman, Democratic
National Committee, Thomas B. Brown, Jr., Pastor, Union Bethel A.M.E. Church, New
Orleans.
New Orleans, LA—The Reverend
Thomas B. Brown, Jr., pastor of
Union Bethel African Methodist Epis-
copal Church, received a personal in-
vitation from Mayor Sidney J. Bar-
thelemy to attend and participate in
the African-American Summit ’89 as
the only ministerial representative in a
twenty member delegation. Pastor
Brown was honored and graciously
accepted the invitation.
The African-American Summit ’89
convened April 21-23, 1989, at the
New Orleans Convention Center. Ac-
cording to former Mayor Richard
Hatcher, Gary, Indiana, ‘*This sum-
mit would not be possible were it not
for the landmark meetings of the
past, those gatherings were fixed, the
African-American cause advanced
Since the watershed NEGRO CON-
VENTION of 1830, organized by
RICHARD ALLEN in Philadelphia,
and even before, those gatherings
have each made the next step
possible.”’
The Summit was open to all
African-Americans of every political
persuasion, religious organization,
all economic levels, ages, philoso
phies and walks of life. The Summit
met in unity, seeking progressive solu
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tions to the conditions faced by Afri-
can-Americans in this country and
abroad.
Seeking solutions to the crisis faced
by African-Americans in a spirit of
unity and freedom, the following
issues were addressed: the African-
American Family, Housing Policy,
Employment, Develop-
ment, Political Empowerment,
Global Commitment, Drugs and
Criminal Justice and legislative Agen-
da.
As a delegate, Pastor Brown mingl-
ed with many distinguished national
Black leaders of the Western World
He was afforded the opportunity to
attend workshops regarding drugs
crime, political empowerment, educa
Economic
tion/cultural integrity, civil rights,
family and community-based or-
These workshops
were conducted by moderators and
panelists of experts and specialists
within their particular field
Some of the participants in the
Summit included Jesse L. Jackson,
Coretta Scott King, Willie Brown,
Dr. Ramona H. Edelin, David P
Richardson, Ron Dellums, John Con
yers, Walter Fauntroy, and many
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Pastor Brown confers with Dr. Dorothy Height, president, National Council of Negro
Women.
others. Keynote speakers were Wil-
liam T. Merritt, Alice Huffman,
Charles Williams, Valerie Thomas,
Oscar J. Moore, Robert Ridley, III,
Gus Savage, Maxine Waters, Marion
Barry, Ira Hall, Sonny Bakewell,
Joyce M. Johnson, Joshua I. Smith,
Angela Davis, Curtis Symonds, Wil-
liam Lucy, Lenora Fulani, Frank E
Staggers, Damu Smith and Barbara
Lee
Pastor Brown not only enjoyed the
Summit, but returned to the Union
Bethel Church community with a fer-
vent and renewed commitment to ac-
cept the challenge of addressing the
present existing needs, It takes a pro-
gressive pastor to be cognizant of the
fact that one of the greatest lessons in
life is to learn not to miss the root of a
problem by accepting status quo. For
so long, we of African-American
heritage have reamined divided by re-
gion, religion, socio-economic class,
and tribes. Divided intentionally to
ensure Our continued powerlessness
There is so much more that unites us
than the few superficial titles that
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Dr. Brown shares a moment of humor with Mrs, Coretta Scott King.
ing. ’*
“Laughter Is The Sensation of Feeling
Good All Over and Show It Principally
In One Place.”’
divide us.
Pastor Brown states that the chal-
lenge before us is to recommit our-
selves to the cause of Christ, so that
we might be empowered to lift our
sisters and brothers, mothers and
fathers, sons and daughters from
bondage to liberty; to rediscover the
legacy of Richard Allen so that we
will have faith to persevere.
Mrs. Florea Harvey, Reporter
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Morning God.” |
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November 27, 1989
The AME Christian Recorder
Concert Featuring Gloria A.
Williams Hailed as Great Success
Mrs. Gloria A. Williams
NOTE: Gloria A. Williams, member of
McMichael A.M.E. Church, Amite, LA,
was featured in a musical concert in La-
fayette, LA. She is the widow of the late
presiding elder, Rev. R. L. Williams, who
was Presiding Elder of the Greensburg
District at the time of his death. Mrs. Wil-
liams finds the time to work in her church,
pastored by the Rey. Carrie B. Hitchens.
Following is the article that appeared in
several of the local newspapers. Mrs.
Williams also serves as historiographer in
the Women’s Missionary Society of the
Eighth Episcopal District. She is inspired
by her episcopal leaders, Bishop and Mrs.
Donald George Kenneth Ming.
Lafayette, LA—It happened at Trini-
ty C.M.E. Church! On a recent Sun-
day afternoon, an appreciative audi-
ence witnessed a highly unusual mu-
sical concert. Gloria A. Williams was
featured in a strikingly impressive
performance, with a touch of Africa.
Her sister, Rosella A. Morrison, was
her accompanist.
A prelude to the concert included a
congregational hymn, ‘‘Blessed As-
surance,’’ and the invocation by the
Reverend Manuel Henderson, pastor
of Trinity. Birdell A. Mouton,
another sister of Gloria and one of
the event’s sponsors, brought greet-
ings and presented the soloist.
Gloria, having attended the World
Methodist Conference in Nairobi,
Kenya, on the Continent of Africa, in
1986, brought reflections of that ex-
perience by using African music for
her processional; Part I of the concert
included African songs, Attired in a
beautiful African costume, she sang
“Kum Ba Ya,”’ ‘‘O’Msindisi,’’ ‘Ride
On Moses,’’ Jesus Walked Dis Lone-
some Valley,’’ and ‘‘A Prayer for Af-
rica.’’ Before these songs were sung,
her theme song, ‘‘If | Can Help some-
body,’’ was rendered,
Part II of the program was a reflec-
tion on slavery times in America, as
Gloria sang ‘‘I’ve Been ‘Buked,”’
“Nobody Knows de Trouble I’ve
Seen,’’ Steal Away,’’ and ‘‘My Lord,
What a Morning.’’ for these selec-
tions, she chose a denim skirt, red
shell top with a colorful, long shirt,
red scarf and straw hat on her head.
Old tennis shoes were used to comlete
this costume. Gloria warmed the
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hearts of her audience as she sang out
of her soul.
A special added attraction featured
Chardell M. Mouton during the inter-
mission. Chardell, daughter of Birdell
and Charley Mouton, rendered two
beautiful and familiar songs: ‘‘Even
Me”’ and ‘‘Peace Be Still.’’
For Parts III and IV, Gloria chose
““A Charge to Keep I Have,’’ ‘‘Use
Me Lord,’’ ‘‘There Is A Balm in Gi-
lead,’’ ‘‘If God Is Dead,’’ ‘‘He’s
Coming Back,’’ ‘‘One Day At A
Time,’”’ ‘‘Because He Lives’’ and
“Goin’ Up Yonder.’’ Gloria’s attire
for these selections included a black
shell with matching jacket, elegantly
trimmed, a long white fitted skirt and
black shoes.
Trinity C.M.E. Church, where
Gloria was reared, can say, ‘‘With the
proper teachings and guidance of her
parents, Davis and Rebecca Andrews,
who have gone to be with the Lord,
and with the religious education and
fellowship with God that she received
after giving her life to Christ under
the leadership of the late Reverend D.
M. Montgomery, former pastor; and
with the added experiences she receiv-
ed from the A.M.E. Church as a
result of working with her husband as
a team in the A.M.E. Church, until
his death, it is a joy to see how Gloria
Andrews Williams is still on the bat-
tlefield for her Lord!’’
Door prizes, compliments of Rosel-
la Morrison, Lonny’s Flower Shop
and Mouton’s Jet Fill Grocery, were
given as an added treat.
Mrs. Ethel Mae Dorsey presented
Gloria and Rosella with flowers and
gifts from the two groups sponsoring
the concert. Chardell received flowers
from her mother and, in turn, pre-
sented flowers to the two sponsors,
Birdell Mouton and Henry Bell Chat-
man. Rosella was also presented a
plaque from her daughter, Arnette,
who was unable to attend the func-
tion. Finally, Gloria presented flow-
ers to Rosella, her accompanist.
As an added touch, Gloria had a
display of some African relies, includ-
ing hand-made spears, a drum, jewel-
ry, and a photo album of a collection
of pictures taken in Nairobi. What a
wonderful concert! What a wonderful
fellowship! Thanks are due all who
helped to make the concert a reality
The entire program was videoed by
Mr. James Wright. To God be the
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November 27, 1989
L-R: Bishop Vernon Randolph Byrd, Presiding Bishop, 13th Episcopal District, and the
Honorable Ned McWherter, Governor of the State of Tennessee.
—Photo by C. E. Jenkins
BISHOP VERNON R. BYRD
SUMMONED TO TENNESSEE
SEATEYCAPITOI © °°
by Rev. Charles E. Jenkins, Sr.
Director, 13th District Public Relations
Nashville, TN—The Rt. Rev. Vernon
R. Byrd, who has been knighted by
the Queen of England, and who has
walked with presidents and poten-
tates, has come to the 13th Episcopal
District where he yet attracts the at-
tention of Heads of State.
Recently, Bishop Byrd had an audi-
ence with Governor Ned McWherter
at the Governor’s office on Capitol
Hill. Governor McWherter welcomed
Bishop Byrd to the ‘’ Volunteer State’’
of Tennessee. These two leaders dis-
cussed matters of mutual interest re-
garding their roles and responsibilities
for the people of Tennessee.
The Governor assured Bishop Byrd
that he was pleased to welcome him to
a great state.
Poverty Rates Among Working Families Higher in Rural than
Urban Areas—and Highest Among Rural Blacks, Study Finds
Laboring for Less in U.S.A.
Washington, DC—Most of the rural
poor who are not elderly, disabled, or
sick are people who work but earn too
little to escape from poverty, accord-
ing to a 1989 report from the Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Based on data from the Census
Bureau and the Labor Department,
the report found that for Black and
White workers alike and for both full-
time and part-time workers, poverty
rates are generally twice as high in
rural as in urban areas.
There were especially high rates of
poverty among rural Black working
families. Some twenty-eight percent
—or more than one of every four—of
the Black rural families in which the
family head worked were poor in
1987, the report said.
By comparison, 15.5 percent of
Black working families in urban areas
were poor in 1987. Among Whites,
8.5 percent of the working families in
rural areas and 4.5 percent of the
working families in urban areas lived
below the poverty line, the report
said.
The report also found that in six of
every ten poor rural Black families in
which the head of the family was not
ill, disabled, or retired, the family
head worked—but earned too little to
escape poverty. In many of the re-
maining poor rural Black families,
the family head either looked for
work and could not find it or was a
mother caring for young children, the
report found.
Work No Assurance That Rural
Family Won’t Be Poor
“It is common to picture’ the poor
as people who should work but do
not,’”’? said Isaac Shapiro, author of
the report and a senior research
analyst at the Center. ‘“‘Yet large
numbers of poor people—especially
in rural America—do not fit this de-
scription. To the contrary, in rural
America to an even greater degree
than in urban America, work provides
no assurance that a family will be
lifted out of poverty, especially
among rural Blacks.
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Editor Reid is Communion Sunday Guest at Lee Chapel
Editor Reid preached from the sub-
ject ‘‘The Miracle of Communion,”’
drawing his authority from Ist Corin-
thians, 10:16-17, of the King James
version of the Bible. Pastor Newberry
told the preaching editor that he was
always welcome and at home at the
Lee Chapel Church, “‘even though
you were elected to our post from St.
Paul A.M.E. Church of this city.’’
It is interesting to note that Dr.
Newberry’s present presiding elder,
the Rev. William Gazaway, was li-
censed to preach under Pastor New-
berry at Lee Chapel; in fact, more
than a dozen young ministers have be-
gun their ministry at Lee Chapel dur-
ing his tenure there. They are serving
the connection from many pulpits a-
cross the nation. In addition, both of
Dr. Newberry’s sons are in the pas-
torate. The Rev. Donald E. Newber-
ry, Jr. of the 13th Episcopal District,
is pastor of St. James A.M.E.
Church, Covington, Kentucky. The
Rev. Andrew Newberry of the 3rd
Episcopal District is pastor of St.
Paul A.M.E. Church, Akron, Ohio.
To better appreciate and under-
stand the ‘‘Newberry Miracle’’ at Lee
Chapel, one needs only to make one
visit, take a complete guided tour, and
enjoy one good worship service ex-
perience... which happens every
Sunday at Cincinnati’s Lee Chapel
A.M.E. Church.
Continued from page |
Bishop Vernon R. Byrd Responds to Hugo Disaster
The following persons drove the
truck from Nashville to Charleston,
SC: Rev, W, F. Scruggs, Rev. S. M.
Davis, Rev. Howard Clark and Bro.
Gilbert Beasley. Also included in the
shipment was a truckload of commo-
dities which was sent from the Louis
ville, Kentucky area to the Nashville
pickup center,
Bishop Byrd did not stop there; he
sent a substantial donation (o the 16th
Episcopal District, led on by Bishop
Henry A. Belin, Jr. Yes, the 13th
Episcopal District strives toward ‘tA
DREAM CHURCH" and is moving
on and looking upward under the dy
namic leadership of Bishop and Mrs,
Vernon R,. Byrd,
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Presiding Elder S. M. Davis, Presiding Elder W. F. Scruggs, Kenneth Robinson.
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THE COMMITTEE AND 18-WHEELER TRUCK—DESTINATION: CHARLESTON, SC
L to R: Lula Jenkins, Jessie Scruggs, Evangeline Davis, Sam Davis, W. F. Scruggs, Ken-
neth Robinson, Gilbert Beasley (not shown, Howard Clark).
Continued from page 1
The Richard Allen Hildebrand Ministerial Scholarship Initiated
William Hodge.
Election of officers was conducted
by the Episcopal President, Mrs. Bes-
sie Bradford, and Bishop Richard
Allen Hildebrand, presiding prelate of
the 3rd Episcopal District.
First Vice President Ann Phillips
presided for the Witness Night ser-
vice. A drama of dance and music was
featured, depicting the African influ-
ence in today’s Black religious wor-
ship. The West Africa “Collection
Dance’’ was performed by Mr. Terry
Payne. A parade of women from all
of the societies participating joined in
the ‘‘Grand March.’’ The event prov-
ed to be a festive time for all.
The drama was coordinated by Dis-
trict Y.P.D. Director Adrienne Mor-
ris and Conference Branch Y.P.D.
Director Sharon Talbert. Music was
furnished by the 30-voice choir of Be-
thel A.M.E. Church, Middletown.
Mrs. Mary Nesbit, 2nd Vice Presi-
dent, presented trophies to societies in
their respective categories. Recipients
were Anderson Chapel, Madisonville;
Payne Chapel, Hamilton; and Allen
Temple, Cincinnati.
A number of distinguished visitors
from other conferences and districts
were in attendance, including the
president of Church Women United.
A highlight of the convention
was the initiating of the Richard Allen
Hildebrand Ministerial Education
Scholarship by the South Ohio Con-
ference Branch Women’s Missionary
Society. Three thousand ten dollars
($3,010.00) was presented to Dr.
Louis Charles Harvey, President of
Payne Theological Seminary, to initi-
ate the scholarship, which will be
made larger with regular contribu-
tions. The Conference Branch goal is
$10,000 for the scholarship. In addi-
tion, the Conference Branch present-
ed $600 for Ministerial Education,
$1,000 for Wilberforce University,
and $1,000 for Church Expansion.
Odessa Brown, Reporter
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Continued from page 6
LABORING FOR LESS IN U.S.A.
“There is no group more severely
affected by this problem than Black
working families in rural areas,’’ Sha-
piro concluded, based on a com-
parison of White and Black workers
in rural and urban areas.
The report notes that even among
Black rural families where the head of
the family works full time year round,
14.1 percent—or one in every seven of
the families—were poor in 1987. By
contrast, 5.1 percent of the urban
Black families with a full-time, year-
round worker were poor that year.
The report concluded that because
so many of the rural poor, both Black
and White, are members of working
families, changes the government po-
licies to assist the working poor would
have a large impact in rural areas.
A series of policy proposals to help
the working poor—including an in-
crease in the minimum wage, an ex-
pansion of the earned income tax
credit for working poor families with
children, extension of Medicaid
coverage to all children in working
poor families, and increased child
care support—are now pending be-
fore Congress.
President Bush’s veto earlier this
year of an increase in the minimum
wage was highly detrimental to rural
Black working families, Shapiro
noted. However, he said it is still
possible that a smaller minimum wage
increase could be enacted later this
year.
Factors Influencing Poverty
Rates Among Rural Working
Families
The report, Laboring for Less:
Working but Poor in Rural America
also examined factors responsible for
these high poverty rates among rural
workers. It found that rural areas
have experienced slower economic
growth and higher unemployment
than urban areas in the 1980s and that
wage levels in rural areas are much
lower than in urban locations. While
the rural unemployment rate was
lower than the urban rate throughout
the 1970s, it has been higher than the
urban rate in every year in the 1980s,
the report noted.
In addition, the report said, most of
the nation’s high unemployment
pockets are in rural areas. Less than
three percent of the urban labor force
resided in counties with double-digit
unemployment in 1988, compared
with 13 percent of the rural labor
force.
For many of those who do work in
rural areas, wages are low, the report
said, citing a study recently conducted
by researchers from the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology. the
MIT study found that in 1979, some
32 percent of rural workers earned a
wage too low to lift a family of four
out of poverty even with full-time
year-round work. by 1987, some 42
percent of rural workers earned too
little to raise a family of four out of
poverty with full-time work. The
comparable figure among urban
workers was 29 percent, the study
said.
One cause of the major wage ero-
sion in rural areas is the failure to
raise the federal minimum wage in
nearly nine years, the report found.
This is the longest stretch without an
increase since the minimum wage was
established in 1938. Since January
1981, when the minimum wage was
last increased, consumer prices have
risen 43 percent. Nearly one in
three—or 32 percent—of all rural
workers paid by the hour earned at or
near the minimum wage in 1987.
Some 22 percent of urban workers
earned wages this low, the Center
said, In addition, the federal budget
cuts of the early 1980s focused more
heavily on working poor families than
any other population group and also
contributed to increases in poverty
among rural working families, the
report found.
Poverty Increases in the 1980s
The report found that poverty rates
among both White and Black rural
working families were considerably
higher in 1987 than in the late 1970s,
even though 1987 was the fifth year of
an economic recovery. Although the
national unemloyment rate was at
about the same level in 1987 as in
1978, the poverty rate among rural
working families was nearly one-third
higher in 1987 than in 1978.
Concluded Shapiro: ‘‘Rural
workers were more likely to experi-
ence poverty in 1987 than in the late
1970s because of the weakness of the
economic recovery in rural areas,
where job growth lagged behind that
in urban areas and wages fell. The
lack of minimum wage increase and
government cutbacks compounded
the problem of rural workers.’’
Other findings of the report in-
clude:
Of the 9.1 million rural poor in
1987, an estimated 5.8 million liv-
ed in a household where at least
one member worked during the
year, and many of the remaining
households were headed by elder-
ly, disabled, or sick people.
eNearly two-thirds of all rural
poor families—including elderly
and disabled families—had at
least one worker, and about one-
fourth had two or more workers.
eSome 86 percent of those who
headed poor two-parent families
in rural areas—and who were not
ill, disabled, or retired—were
people who worked.
eMore than half of those who
headed poor single-parent fami-
lies in rural areas—and who were
not ill, disabled, or retired—
were people who worked.
eSharp reductions in the Aid to
Families with Dependent Chil-
dren program have affected
working poor families in rural
areas. By 1988, a mother of two
with wages equal to 75 percent of
the poverty line qualified for
AFDC benefits in only 13 states,
few of them rural. In 1976, sucha
family qualified for benefits in 47
states.
¢Contraction in unemployment in-
surance coverage also reduced the
incomes of poor rural workers,
many of whom are employed for
much of the year but are without
a job for part of the year. In the
10 most rural states, only 29 per-
cent of unemployed workers re-
ceived unemployment insurance
benefits in an average month of
1988. By comparison, in the 10
most urban states, 40 percent of
unemployed workers received
benefits. In urban and rural areas
both, unemployment insurance
coverage contracted sharply dur-
ing the 1980s, partly in response
to program cutbacks at federal
and state levels. Nationally, the
proportion of unemployed
workers receiving unemployment
insurance benefits has set or tied
a record low for each of the past
five years.
*In 1987, the average income of
rural working poor families
whose income came entirely from
earnings was $6,094. This was
nearly $3,000 below poverty line
for a family of three and was
$5,500 below the poverty line for
a family of four.
¢While rural poverty is sometimes
throught of primarily as farm
poverty, this stereotype is inac-
curate. Only about one in five of
the rural working poor are em-
ployed in farm, forestry, or fish-
ing occupations. Nevertheless,
some 19 percent of those on
farms were poor in 1987, a high
poverty rate.
¢ During the 1960s and 1970s, full-
time year-round work at the
minimum wage lifted a family of
three out of poverty. Today, it
leaves a family of three some
$2,900 below the poverty line.
The report noted that various
federal and state government policy
reforms—most of them outside the
welfare system—could significantly
raise the standard of living of the
working poor. Policy reforms to
reduce poverty among rural working
families will be discussed in detail ina
Center report later this year.
The Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities is an independent research
Organization specializing in the
analysis of data and policy issues af-
fecting low and moderate income
Americans. The Center conducted its
study of the rural working poor under
a grant from the Ford Foundation’s
Rural Poverty and Resources Pro-
gram.
Continued from page 1
300 Years of African American
Heritage in Florida
and a major exhibit on Fort Mose
planned at the Florida Museum of
Natural History on the UF campus,
Zieger said.
The first free Black community to
survive on the North American conti-
nent, Fort Mose was a destination for
runaway slaves during the 18th and
early 19th centuries.
Black political enpowerment during
the Reconstruction period after the
Civil War will be the topic of the third
lecture on April 4 at Gainesville’s
Senior Recreation Center by Thomas
Holt, of the University of Chicago, a
leading expert on the subject.
“Few people realize that Blacks in
Florida played political roles during
Reconstruction, he said.
“By and large, historians paid little
attention to African American history
until the Civil Rights movement in the
1950s and 60s forced them to recog-
nize that Blacks are active parti-
cipants in American life,’ Zieger
said.
Other prominent Blacks in
Florida’s history include: Mary
McLeod Bethune, an educator and
civil rights advocate of the early 20th
century for whom Bethune-Cookman
College in Daytona Beach is partly
named; and Gwendolyn Cherry of
Miami, the states first Black legisla-
tive representative after Reconstruc-
tion.
For further information on the free
lectures, call Zieger at (904) 378-0793
or 392-0271.
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Four Urban League Veterans to Receive Whitney M Young, Jr. Medallion
1989 HONOREES GIVEN
PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
The National Urban League will
present its prestigious Whitney. M.
Young, Jr. Medallion at the League’s
headquarters in New York City. The
fourth annual commemoration recog-
nizes the outstanding contributions of
four ‘‘pioneers’’ who promoted racial
understanding and cooperation in
American society.
The recipients of the 1989 Whitney
M. Young, Jr. Medallion were an-
nounced by John E. Jacob, President
and Chief Executive Officer of the
National Urban League. They are:
Enid C. Baird, former Executive As-
sistant to Lester Granger, Whitney
M. Young, Jr., and Vernon E. Jor-
dan, all former chief executive of-
ficers of the National Urban League;
Dr. Daniel Collins, San Francisco
dentist and former Board Member of
both the Bay Area Urban League and
the National Urban League; Dennis
Dowdell, Syracuse, New York talk
show host and former Executive
Director of the Urban League of
Onondaga County; and Wesley L.
Scott, former Executive Director of
the Milwaukee Urban League.
Executive Director of the National
Urban League.
The ceremony will also mark the
first presentation of the Mollie Moon
Distinguished Volunteer Service
Award to Helen Harden, a longtime
volunteer for the League. Mollie
Moon is the President and founder of
the National Urban League Guild, a
service support arm to the National
Urban League. Its Beaux Arts Ball
has been an important annual event
since 1942.
The ceremony will also memori-
alize four outstanding Urban Lea-
guers who, during their lifetime,
made significant contributions to the
Urban League movement: John Dan-
cy, Detroit Urban League Executive
Director; James Daughtry, National
Urban League staff member; Travis
Vauls, Baltimore Urban League Ex-
ecutive Director, and Thomas A.
Webster, Executive Director of the
Kansas City Urban League.
The National Urban League is a
nonprofit, community-based service
organization dedicated to securing
equal opportunity for African Ameri-
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN SALUTES
BLACK FAMILY REUNION SPONSORS
National Council of Negro Women Salutes Black Family Reunion Sponsors
Proctor & Gamble Given Mary McCloud
Bethune Award
November 27, 1989
Cincinnati, OH—National Council of
Negro Women President, Dr.
Dorothy I. Height, presents Proctor
& Gamble Senior Vice President,
Marketing Services, Robert Wehling,
the Mary McCloud Bethune Award of
Distinction for Proctor & Gamble’s
Reunion Celebrations.
With the help of corporations such
as P&G, the Black Family Reunion
has, for the fourth consecutive year,
traveled to five cities across the coun-
try. 1989 is the first year the reunion
has been held in Cincinnati.
The medallion is named in honor of
Whitney M. Young, Jr., the fourth
cans and other minorities.
DEPARTMENT
OF WORSHIP AND EVANGELISM
Announces
The Third Annual Seminar on Church Growth & Evangelism
THEME: Evangelistic Explosion—Reaching/Teaching/Preaching
JANUARY 15 - 19, 1990
Orlando Twin Towers
ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32819
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The A.I.D.S. D
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East Orange, NJ—Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (A.1.D.S.) is
fast becoming the scourge of the
Black community. Whatever the
origin of this dreaded malady—and
there are contradictory scientific
theories as to how and where
A.1.D.S. started—there is no doubt
that it represents, for us, a present
and future danger of incalculable pro-
portions.
No longer a disease primarily of
White homosexual men, A.1.D.S. is
cutting a distructive path through our
communities, attacking, despoiling
and killing homosexuals and hetero-
sexuals, men, women and children.
Responsible Black church bodies, in-
cluding our own, must, sooner or la-
ter, confront’ the moral, religious,
ethical and social issues posed by the
A.1.D.S. crisis.
There are crucial questions our
church should address:
1. What is our position, as African
Methodists, toward A.I.D.S.? Do
we regard it as a curse, a plague,
or just the most virulent of a class
of ‘‘sexually-transmitted diseas-
esr?
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2. How do we, as pastors, counsel
Our members and families of our
members who are afflicted by
A.1.D.S.? Must every pastor look
to his own resources for help and
guidance?
3. Where do we stand in the raging
A.1.D.S. debate on such subjects
as testing? Quarantine? ‘Safe
sex?’ Free clean needles for drug
addicts? A.J.D.S. education for
children in elementary schools?
4. Since A.I.D.S. is caused by be-
havior our church has tradition-
ally deemed sinful, what is the
right and wrong, and how do we
address it?—or refrain from ad-
dressing it?
5. What guidelines, if any, should
be applied by bishops who are
faced with A.I.D.S. problems,
such as afflicted pastors in the
pulpits of their districts? Should
every bishop be free to devise his
own policy?
These and other questions cry out
for answers. I pray that our bishops,
the spiritual leaders and general su-
perintendents of our church, will
soon give urgent attention to the
A.I.D.S. crisis. The clock is ticking.
His Day Is Done eae
OBITUARY
Lawrence Hayes Irvin
Lawrence Hayes Irving, the son of
the late William and Louise Hayes Ir-
ving, was born in Nashville, Tennes-
see, on November 9, 1922. His
mother died when he was seven years
of age, and he was reared by his lov-
ing grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Gene
(Esther) Johnson. Larry, as he called
himself in later years, was educated in
the public schools of Nashville, Da-
vidson County, Tennessee. Upon
graduation from Pearl High School,
he entered the Navy. He later re-en-
listed into the Army, after which he
attended and graduated from the Uni-
versity of Southern California. He
was self-employed and operated his
Irving Mechanical Contractor busi-
ness until undergoing open-heart sur-
gery in 1981.
Lawrence and Billie Dixon Irving
were united in holy matrimony on
November 6, 1985. He first expressed
hope in Christ at an early age, and
was reared in Bethel A.M.E. Church.
Having lived away from Nashville
most of his life, he reunited his
membership at Greater Bethel in late
1975 After having been reborn and
ordajned with the Holy Spirit on No-
vember 10, 1985, he acknowledged his
call‘to the ministry and was licensed
in 1986. In June, 1989, he united with
Trinity A.M.E. Church, where he has
worshiped and served God faithfully
until his hospitalization on August 14,
1989.
Having departed this life on Friday,
September 22, 1989, he leaves to
cherish his loving memory, a devoted
wife, Mrs. Billie Dixon Irving; son,
Antonio D. Dixon; aunt, Mrs. Lena
K. Sharpe; mother-in-law, Mrs. Mat-
tie L. Jordan; brothers-in-law, Mr.
Clark D. Dixon, Mr. Jimmy Jordan
and Mr. James Campbell; sisters-in-
law, Mrs. Janet Campbell, Mrs.
Dolores C. Dixon; aunt-in-law, Miss
Georgia L. Dixon; cousins, Mrs. Em-
ma Thorne, Mrs. Lula Gilbert, Pitts-
burgh, PA, Mrs. Lera Jackson, Bos-
ton, MA; dear friend, Mr. James
Haynes; and other relatives and
friends.
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Grenada, Mississippi—Ora Lee Ryans
Brantley was born December 18,
1904, in Colfax, Louisiana, to the
union of the late Katie Smith Ryans
and Walter Ryans. She was the
youngest of six children. She departed
this life on a Monday,
While yet a child, she moved with
her parents to New Orleans, and the
family united with Payne Memorial
A.M.E, Church in the city, where she
was baptized and became active in the
Sunday School and Christian Endea-
vor League.
At the age of twelve, she moved to
Mississippi, her grandparents’ origi-
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located to Florence, Alabama, with
her older sister, Rice Ann Thomas,
where they worked as cooks to save
funds to purchase a house in
Mississippi and to educate their
brothers, sisters, and themselves.
While working in Florence, she met
Carrol Benjamin Brantley, a thirty-
one-year-old railroad worker from
Mississippi, temporarily working in
Florence. They were married at the
parsonage of St. Paul A.M.E.
Church in Florence. A few years
later, ‘‘C. B.’’ as he was called,
returned to his home in Mississippi
and entered the Christian ministry.
They enjoyed a warm and loving rela-
tionship for more than fifty years un-
til his demise in April, 1971.
Sister Brantley was educated in the
public schools of New Orleans and
Meridian, Mississippi, as well as
Campbell College in Jackson, Mis-
sissippi, along with her husband, who
earned degrees at both the college’s
normal and theological departments.
She was a loyal help-mate through-
out her husband’s fifty years in the
ministry—fifteen years as a pastor
and thirty-five years as a presiding
elder, She brought many blessings
and goodwill to the churches her hus
band served as pastor, which include
Bethel, Rosedale; Bryant Chapel, In-
dianola; New Bethel, Jackson; and
St. John’s, West Point, as well as to
the districts her husband served, in-
cluding the West Point District, the
Coldwater District, the Columbus
District, and the Grenada-Columbus
District, all located in the Northeast
Mississippi Conference,
Although Ora Lee was not a na-
tural parent, she was extremely de-
voted to all children, In her commu-
nity, she was warmly referred to as
‘Brat’? by everyone, She will always
be fondly remembered by them.
She leaves to mourn her passing
seven nieces and six nephews: Ms.
Linnie Foster, Dunbar, CA; Mrs.
Myetta Turner, Chicago, IL; Mrs.
Ora L. Thompson, Swanton, OH;
Mrs. Heresis Pinkney, Mrs. Juanita
Edward, Ms. Jeanette Ryans, all of
Colfax, LA; Ms. Jewell Davis, Alex-
andria, LA; Mr. Duffey Ryans, Mr.
Chester Ryans, and Mr. Julius Ryans
of Detroit, MI; Mr. Jasper Ryans of
El Paso, TX; Mr. O’Neal Ryans and
Mr. Cuba Ryans of Alexandria, LA;
her special God-children, the Wal-
tons, Hardemans and Clarkes and
many other relatives and friends.
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November 27, 1989
DR. J. AR’ THU R HOLMES HONORED FOR FORTY YEARS OF SERVICE
Mayor of Columbia’s first Communi-
ty Relations Council, and served as
Vice-Chairman of the 1987 South
Carolina Billy Graham Crusade. Dr.
Holmes is presently a member of the
Board of Trustees of Allen Univer-
sity, the Board of Directors of both
the Richland County Department of
Social Services and Columbia Urban
League, is president of the Greater
Columbia Interdenominational Min-
isterial Alliance, and is a member of
the General Board of the A.M.E.
Church.
Dr. Holmes was honored for his
service to church and community at a
Banquet in his honor and in honor of
his wife, Mrs. Edith Reynolds
Holmes, at Columbia’s Radisson
Hotel on Friday, August 25, 1989.
The theme of the banquet was:
‘Reflections: Four Decades of Chris-
tian Service.’’ Distinguished citizens,
clergy, family and friends from across
the nation came to help Rev. and
Mrs. Holmes celebrate this landmark
achievement. Master of Ceremonies
for the evening was Willis R. Brown,
Esquire, a practicing Attorney who is
also a member of Bethel and who was
recently admitted to the Columbia
Annual Conference as a licentiate.
Those on the dais included: Bishop
Frederick C. James and Dr. Theressa
Gregg James, Presiding Bishop and
Missionary Supervisor of the Seventh
Episcopal District; Dr. Alonzo W.
Holman, Director of the A.M.E.
Church’s Department of Salary Sup-
plement; Presiding Elder Clarke R.
Hawthorne of the Columbia District
and Mrs. Theresa M. Hawthorne; Dr.
Collie L. Coleman, President of Allen
University and Mrs. Coleman; Rev.
Alonzo Middleton, Presiding Elder of
the Charleston District; Rev. M. W.
Singleton, Presiding Elder of the Ma-
rion District and Mrs. Singleton; Rev.
J. R. Glover, Pastor of Reid Chapel
A.M.E. Church; Rev. W. J. Nelson,
Pastor
of Chappelle Memorial
A.M.E. Church and Mrs. Nelson;
Rey. Allen W. Parrott, Pastor of Wil-
liams Chapel A.M.E. Church; and
Dr. William McKinley Bowman,
Pastor of Second Nazareth Baptist
Church.
Those on the dais also included the
Honorable Nick A. Theodore, Lieu-
tenant governor of the State of South
Carolina and Mrs. Theodore; the
Honorable Kay Patterson, member
of the South Carolina Senate from
Richland County; the Honorable T.
Patton Adams, Mayor of the City of
Columbia and Mrs. Adams; the
Honorable E. W. Cromartie I,
member of the Columbia City Coun-
cil and Mrs. Cromartie; and Mr.
Charles D. Beaman, Jr., President of
Baptist Medical Center and Mrs. Bea-
man. Also present on the dais were
the Holmeses’ son and daughter, Mr.
J. Arthur Holmes, II and Mrs. Edith
A. Holmes-Anderson; and Attorney
and Mrs. Willis R. Brown, Ms. Gina
Lamar, Mrs. Parisina Shiver, and Dr.
Edward E. Taylor, and all members
of Bethel A.M.E. Church. 4
Chairpersons for the Banquet were
Mrs. Mary Heyward and Mrs. Arzelle
Pressley. Music for the event, includ-
ing one selection composed and ar-
ranged as a tribute to Dr. and Mrs.
Holmes, was directed by Mrs.
Margaret A. Thornton. The evening’s
activities included the presentation of
a sixty-four page Souvenir book, the
presentation of a special fortieth an-
niversary gift, the unveiling of a por-
trait of Dr. Holmes, and a special in-
troduction of Dr. and Mrs. Holmes
by their son and daughter.
We were privileged to have Dr.
Joseph C. McKinney, Connectional
Treasurer of the A.M.E. Church as
the Banquet Speaker. Dr. McKinney
proved himself to be an orator of note
as, in his inimitable style, he hailed
Dr. Holmes’ accomplishments and
service to the church.
While the banquet was a glorious
Lt. ‘Governor Nick Theodore and Representative Frank ‘McBride presenting to Dr. Dr. J. Ar-
thur Holmes the original Resolutions read in the joint session of the General Assembly
congratulating him for forty years of service to Bethel A.M.E. Church, the community
and State. ef Nei
REFLECTIONS. Four Dec ades (f Christian Se
Mayor Patton Adams ‘presents key to the
day Pastor Holmes Day.
Dr. Joseph C. McKinney, Treasurer of the A.M.E. Church addressing the banquet au-
dience.
Daughter and son, salute father and mother Mrs. Edith A. Holmes Anderson and Mr. J.
Arthur Holmes, Jr.
occasion, the celebration was not
complete until we gave thanks to God
for Dr. Holmes’ service in the place
where he had labored for forty years.
Bethel A.M.E. Church was, there-
fore, the scene of a special service of
honor, thanksgiving, and celebration
on Sunday, August 27, 1989 at 11:00
a.m. We were blessed with the pre-
sence of another A.M.E. giant, our
own Presiding Bishop Frederick C.
James, who preached the Gospel and
at the same time paid tribute to Dr.
Holmes for his many accomplish-
REPLECTIONS
four Dec
ments.
The members of the Bethel A.M.E.
Church family give thanks to God for
forty years of caring, compassion,
and commitment by Dr. and Mrs. J.
Arthur Holmes, and pray that they
will continue to build upon that heri-
tage of service as we go forward to-
gether.
The Department of Public Relations
Bethel A.M.E. Church
Mrs. Frazier Davis, Editor
ies OF Christian Service
Dr. A. W. Holman, General Officer of the A.M.E. Church brings greetings.
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(Report from “The Pee Dee Times” Newspaper
The AME Christian Recorder
~ July 28-August, 1989)
**Black Church Gets First Golden
The “‘Key to the City’’ is the
highest honor that a municipality can
bestow upon those whose contribu
tions are to the extent that they deem
that kind of recognition, and the town
of Nichols, South Carolina, saw fit to
bestow its very first one to Williams
Chapel African Methodist Episcopal
Church in honor of its Centennial
Celebration and its many contribu-
tions to the growth and well-being of
the community.
““We've never done this before,”’
said Mayor Pro-Tem Jim Devers. ‘‘It
is only fitting that you receive this
first ‘‘Key to the City,’’ stated De-
vers, ‘‘because you were here before
the city was established.”’
Rev. James Gause, pastor of Wil-
liams Chapel, accepted the distin-
guished key from Devers for the en-
tire membership, both past and pre-
sent.
The Founders Day celebration
began on July 16, including on Sun-
day, July 23, an appearance by the
Right Reverend Frederick Calhoun
James, Presiding Bishop of the Se-
venth Episcopal District of the Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal Church in
the State of South Carolina and his
wife Mrs. Theressa G. James, joining
in the celebration to give God praises.
All during the week, activities were
sponsored in communication of the
100th birthday, with Rev. Charles
Graves addressing the Sunday, July
16, service. Rev. F. K. Richardson, a
former pastor at Williams Chapel
speaking for the Monday night ses-
sion; Rev. Harold Moody on Tues-
day, Rev. R. B. Cooper on Wednes-
day, Rev. Willie Lockhart on Thurs-
day, and Rev. R. H. Williams speak
ing on Friday night
“Look Where He Brought Us
From"’ was the official theme for
the Centennial Celebration as the
various speakers responded to that
theme.
The Centennial Banquet was held
on Saturday night, with Marion Dis-
trict host Presiding Elder Mingo Sin
gleton and his wife Mrs. Francis
Singleton serving as Master of Cere-
mony and presenter of the speaker,
Mrs. Irene Page, respectively. Rev.
Gause served as Co-M.C., and Dr.
Truman Tart, Toastmaster.
Recognized for their many contri-
butions, including the building of the
new and beautiful Fellowship Hall
were brothers Henry Davis, Freddie
Page, Jr., Clinton Murray, Waddell
Pumpey, Albert Paige, Lee Grant
Page, and Cleveland Page.
Joining former Pastor F. K. Rich-
ardson was Rev. James Washington,
another former pastor and present
pastor of Weston Chapel A.M.E. in
Latta.
Mayor Gary Strickland sent a letter
congratulating the church for one
hundred years of service, and Rep.
Robert Brown sent a message also.
Rev. Levern Murray, pastor of St.
Paul and Mt. Zion Churches conclud-
ed a very festive, spiritual, grateful,
and blessed Centennial Celebration.
“Every one congratulates you,”’ said
Rev. Murray, and you can truly say,
“Look Where He’s Brought You
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WILBERFORCE INSTITUTE EVATON, TRANSVAAL SOUTH AFRICA
A Brief Historical Statement
by Daniel S. Modisapodi
South Africa—The African Methodist
Episcopal Church, founded in Ameri-
ca in 1787, established work in West
Africa in 1830 and firmly laid the
foundation for its missionary work in
South Africa in 1897 during the visit
of Bishop Henry M. Turner, through
whose visit and negotiations the
A.M.E. Church was recognized by
the S/A Government. Bishop Levi J.
Coppin was the first resident bishop
in 1900-1904. It was during this period
that Wilberforce Institute was found-
ed in 1904 (not 1908, as generally be-
lieved) and named after Wilberforce
University in Ohio, USA.
The purpose was clearly defined by
the motto: ‘‘We train the Head, the
Heart, the Hand.’’ Hence, Wilber-
force Institute was among the earliest
leading Missionary Colleges in South
Africa, whose influence spread like
wildfire throughout the Southern re-
gion, drawing students from countries
such as Zimbabwe (formerly Rhode-
sia), Zambia, Malawi, Botswana,
Swaziland, Mozambique (in East Af-
rica) and Namibia (SWA). Most of
the African leaders of the countries
mentioned, including South Africa,
received their education from Wilber-
force Institute. The present leader of
Malawi, Dr. Hastings K. Banda, is
the product of this institution.
The A.M.E. Church, since her in-
ception, has been the champion of
Christian education and this service
dates from 1904. In 1953, the SA
Government closed all Missionary
Colleges in the country in order to
control education. But the A.M.E.
Church continued its long history of
Christian education programme until
this day and never lost trend of mind
and vision to educate Black masses.
For this reason, Wilberforce Insti-
tute has made a significant contribu-
tion to Black education. The institu-
tion is more than the name it bears. It
is an economic, social, cultural and
spiritual advancement for our denom-
ination. In addition, the institution
has assets to the value of $10 million
dollars invested in land and property.
The present campus, plus a farm of
more than one hundred-fifty acres,
one other small farm and plot both
measuring more than sixty acres and
building, includes Eliza Gregg dormi-
tories, Fanny Coppin, Louise Gow,
Lydia Wright Classrooms, Jubilee
Dining Hall, Boys and Girls Indus-
trial buildings, Jordan High School,
Teacher’s Training School, Bonner
Hall, Artisha Jordan Library, Max-
eke Practicing School, Crogman
Community Clinic and Nurses’ Quar-
ters. The clinic closed in 1959, but it is
still the feeling of our membership
that this vital service to the communi-
ty should be restored. At the time
when the clinic was in operation, it
had enjoyed State subsidy—the gov-
ernment paying salaries of doctors
and nurses.
The question is still being asked,
why was the service discontinued? A
positive answer would once more be
of great significance in re-emphasiz-
ing the mission of outreach in health
care, education and other projects the
church is called to embark upon to
help dismantle apartheid in South Af-
rica. The Rev. Jonathan L. Weaver of
Upper Mariboro, MD, has recently
traveled through Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Malawi, Namibia (SWA) and South
Africa under the auspices of ‘‘Service
and Development Agency,”’ trying to
identify projects in both 17th and
19th Episcopal Districts for funding
When something is done through his
efforts, a day shall have dawned for
the Church of Allen in bringing about
A book,
Expansion of the
A.M.E. Church in South Africa from
1900-1947,"’ by Dr. J. R. Coan, is
worth reading on the subject. The
book is obtainable from A.M.E,
Publishing House, Nashville, TN.
“awareness in missions,”’
‘*Mission and
THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION
AND TRAINING:
This department was founded in
1938 by Bishop Richard R. Wright,
Jr. The school was named after him.
The first Dean was the Rev. Dr. Jo-
sephus R. Coan from Morris Brown
College in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He
served in that capacity from 1938 to
1947 (nine years), and has since been
followed by others. During the World
War II, when no bishop would super-
vise the work in South Africa and the
17th Episcopal District, Dr. J. R.
Coan supervised the work as Admin-
istrative Assistant to the Bishops and
also served as Superintendent of Wil-
berforce Institute. He is still being
loved and remembered for the sacri-
fice and contribution he made for the
work of the church in South Africa.
After a period of fifty years, pre-
sently the school has administrative
dean and three qualified tutors and an
enrollment of thirty students. For
years now, the school has been train-
ing ministers for the church and
maintained its ecumenical character
in serving other denominations as
well.
UPGRADING:
During the administration of
Bishop Harold B. Senatle, the church
has embarked upon a full-scale up-
grading programme—the physical
plant, electrification, standard of
training, including quality of food
and other essential improvements;
drastic changes have been made.
GENERAL RENOVATIONS:
During the riots in 1985, two build-
ings were burnt down and restored at
the cost of $150,000 and $200,000 re-
spectively.
BUDGET:
The school to date is running on a
budget of $59,000.00, which is very
much inadequate to meet running
costs. In order for the school to meet
various needs and commitments, a
budget of $150,000.00 per annum is
required.
Last year students who failed Ma-
triculation Examination, which is en-
trance into the university, the govern-
ment legalized that they should not be
re-admitted into government schools.
The church is faced with the problem
of accommodation and, therefore,
decided to renovate two of our unused
buildings, the cost of which will be
$60,000.00 without furniture. The
purpose is to organize these children
into a private school for preparation
into universities. While we are doing
so, we kindly appeal for financial as-
sistance!
Wright School of Religion
Wilberforce Institute
P.O. Box 12
Residensia
1980, South Africa
November 27, 1989
me
Mrs, Eva Dozier
Centenarian
Celebrates Birthday
Ypsilanti, MI—Eva Dozier, a member
of Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church,
celebrated her one hundredth birth-
day surrounded by many friends, re-
latives and descendants.
Sister Dozier was a_ life-long
member of Bethel A.M.E. Church,
Roanoke, Alabama, before moving
to Ypsilanti to live with her daughter,
Rosa Dozier Cartwright. The mother
of six children, Sister Dozier has out-
lived all but Sister Cartwright.
Among the many persons who ga-
thered to help celebrate her birthday
were many neighbors, fellow church
members, and relatives from New
Jersey and California, as well as
Michigan. There are eight grandchil-
dren, twenty-six great-grandchildren
and twenty-seven great-great-grand-
children.
Sister Dozier, reflecting the excel-
lent care she receives from her daugh-
ter, is quite aware of everything about
her, can feed herself, and enjoys the
company and conversation of the
children with whom she spends a part
of every day.
Rev. Robert D. Hearn is Sis. Do-
zier’s pastor in Ypsilanti, but several
other ministers of the city are person-
al friends and drop in often for prayer
and conversation.
Impatience Dries
The Blood Sooner
Than Age Or
Sorrow.
The Messenger
Is Always
Cursed If The
Hearer Does Not
Like The
Message.
In the process of
mending our lives,
our attitudes, our
behavior, there is
nothing more
important than
starting with the
basic introduction
to ourselves.
—A. Lee Henderson
ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT
AME CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
BISHOP ROBERT THOMAS
CAPE
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
December 6 - 10, 1989
Metropolitan Mitchell’s Plain 7785
15 Kruisduinen Close, P.O, Box 772
Westridge, 7802
Church Phone: (021) 32-2317
Pastor’s Phone: (021) 593-1224 or 593-1283
The Rey. Peter M. Mentoor, Host Pastor
The Rev. H. A, Joubert, Host P.E.
PLANNING MEETING
December 19 - 20, 1989
Bonner Chapel 2 Ntshinga Street
New Brighton 6200
Port Elizabeth
Church Phone: (041) 44-2115
The Rev. W. Guwa, Host Pastor
The Rev. E. A. Plaatjies, Host P.E.
EIGHTEENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
AME CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
BISHOP R. A. CHAPPELLE, SR.
BOTSWANA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
December 8-10, 1986
W.M.S. CONFERENCE
December 6-7, 1989
Gaborone A.M.E. Church
Gabarone, Botswana
The Rey. J. M. Mbulawa, Host Pastor
The Rev. L. M. Mbulawa, Host P.E.
SWAZILAND/MOZAMBIQUE
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
December 14-17, 1989
W.M.S. CONVENTION
December 12-13, 1989
Collins Chapel A.M.E. Church
P.O. Box 276
Mbabne, Swaziland
The Rev. L. B. Dlamini, Host Pastor
The Rev. I. S. Motsa, Host P.E.
18TH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
POST PLANNING MEETING
December 29-31, 1989
Emmanuel A.M.E. Church
Maseru, Lesotho
NINETEENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
AME CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Fe)
BISHOP HAROLD B. SENATLE
EAST TRANSVAAL
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
December 6-10, 1989
Emmanuel A.M.E. Church
Ermelo
Church Phone: (0139) 2511
The Rev. J. W. Dlamini, Pastor
P.O. Box 180
Ermelo 2350
WEST TRANSVAAL
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
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