Sunday, April 24 we will be celebrated the retirement and final preaching engagement of Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Please re-watch the live stream of our speakers Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ, and Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church.
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Watch on YouTubeWatch Our Speakers on WHUTTune In To WHUR FM at 11 a.m. SundaysA Call to Chapel: Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.'s Last Preaching Engagement April 24, 2022 | 11 a.m. | Main Yard This Sunday,...
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Bishop Yvette Flunder is a native San Franciscan and third generation preacher with roots in the Church of God in Christ. Bishop Flunder is an ordained...
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Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III, is the Senior Pastor of the Friendship-West BaptistChurch in Dallas, Texas and has served for 30 years leading witha commitment...
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Judy Fentress-Williams is in bi-vocational ministry in Alexandria, VA as the Professor of Old Testament at Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) and the Senior...
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On June 27, 2003, Rear Admiral Barry C. Black (Ret.) was elected the 62nd Chaplain of the United States Senate. He began working in the Senate on July 7,...
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Reverend Dr. Leslie Dawn Callahan, a native of Gary, West Virginia, experienced her first Christian education and formation at Apostolic Temple Church where...
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