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RELIGION
A revi ed er ion of THE
mum, THEUE,AND11IEBIBLE
JESUS'S
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pture r 10 r death 0
Jesu on the Fea.t of The Un­
I vened Bread (hich the other
name for P ver)? Ac 12:3 ys:
"And beca he w it pi d the
Jew , proceeded further to
Pe r also. 1ben ere days of
unleavened b d." Around thla
me time Ro celebra lr
p Ian (i tival, to the odd of
pri 1er.
We have proven the P ver
m t be kept every year in the month
of Abtb.
Thi I one article I wi h I didn't
have to print, but today, the times are
ttin more and more crucial, and
sometbing must be done, and some-
body to do It. All the prophe
from Moses to Jesus, d 0 warn the
children of Israel. They had to teach
them about TR lITH: they had to
find away to let the people know that
the thing they were doi ng were
wrong, but more than that - they
had to live with the aftennath of it.
Some of them died form grief;
some died at the hands of the enemy;
while some died at the hand of their
own people.
My message is NOT AGAINST
BLACK CHRISTIANS, but against
the practicing of Chri tianity BY
BLACK PEOPLE, which I need for
you to examine as we go along. If
you should find me wrong, don't just
get mad at me, or hate me, BUT
PROVE ME WRONG TIlROUGH
THE SCRIPTURES, and I will ac­
knowledge it.
I am no here just to criticize, I am
here because I have a job to do, and
a message to deliver to my people, in
the name of the God of our Fathers;
TIlE GOD. OF ABRAHAM, THE
GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD
OF JACOB.
If we should analyze everything
C
t en everyone, two, or three-
mont , ccordin 0 chure '
la - not God' law they cla� :
but the church' . .
We will prove first, that com I
munion' not reUgio service, and;:
the drinkin of win or grape jui . I
as the Christian call it, i a �
abomin lion to the laws or God, a !
I me n the Almighty God; The Go4;
of Abraham, Isaac and J cab [I
MEL].
Communion COmel for the wo :
commune, and commune is one wi
communicate. The following scri�
lure tell of the communication 0 •
God nd Hi people, the children
Israel. .. It w the. crlflee at
altar, than later on, we wlll provei:
that the method of cup nd brad
means to communi with �
and not a service within t elf. �
Passover i the law given by
to the hand of Mo , for the childre .
of Is rae lto obey. Thi hould be ke
once a year in the month of Abib.":
Exodus 25:22 tares And there I wil�.
meet with thee, and I will COM
MUNE with thee, from above t
Ark ofTe timony of all thin whic .
I will give thee, in commandme
unto the children of Israel." Thi
writing described the word "co�1
mune" as dialogue between God a
His people.
Amon them,"
Thi how mad the Almighty
Father at Hi$ people for drinkin
De In Hi ho . Then now i the
time for you to e a good 100 at
yourself, to ee if that curse doe n't
apply to black people tod y who are
the descendants of the Israelite? All
I'm king for, is hone .y ..
. Let' now take a peep in th cup
hel: City on a hill
cannot and will not be bid. 'We carry
the torch of hope by serving not
only the poor, needy, troubled at
heart, but also the hopeful, With the
aid of various agencies, e operate
an Emergency Relief center; we
contribute vigorously to the Mis­
sion Program (both home and
abroad); we maintain and remodel
our edifice, annex, office complex,
parsonage and other properties.
"We invest in our dreams for a
better and usable future by purchas­
ing blocks of properties, accepting
the challenge to develop and revi­
talize our community.
"We invest in our youth by spon-
oring programs and activitie:s that
require and encourage their in­
dividual and collective growth as
leaders of tomorrow.
"We are a body of Christ that is
GOING, GROWING AND
TRUSTING in the WORD OF
GOD ... ' and the gates of hell shall
not-prevail against it'"
B1NATBANIEL con
SIGn Vlril.,
DETROIT-New Bethel Baptist
CbUl'Ch was organized in March 0
1932.
The organization took place in
the bome of Samuel and Mamie
Vamadone, who were residing at
2627 Leland Street
The founders, whose president
was Mary Walker, were known as
the "Helping Hand Society." The
ministers in charge were Reverend
'H. W. Webb and Reverend
C.C.Cumming. The elected of­
ficers were W.B. Bell, chairman of
the Deacon Board and F J. Brown,
church clerk.
Reverend Robert Tate super­
vised and administered the er­
vices.
The Reverend H.B. Bronson
conducted the first Sunday service.
His sermon was: "The word of God
increased. "
1be guest speaker at the evening
service was Reverend H.H.
out from the church (New Bethel)"
are: "Warren Avenue Baptist
Church, Sacred Cross Baptist
Church, Ebeneser Baptist Church,
Gospel Temple Baptist Church and
Enon Tabernacle B prist Church."
The five churches "came into
existence" during New Bethel's
"first 13 years of existence."
New Bethel bas had mortg ge
burning at two locations. In 19 9
New Bethel burned the mortgag to
its "$200,000, 2,500 seat capacity"
building at 4210 Hastings Street. In
1979 the indebtedness, "$500,000
was liquidated" but, because of the
tragic assault on Reverend
Franklin, which left him comatose
WltiJ his death, the mortgage was
not burned on the church's present
loca tion, 8430 C.L.Frankl in
Boulevard, unti11981.
Coleman nd his sermon was:
" And He called it Bethel. "
NEW BETHEL'S LINE of
pastors, beginning in 1932, are:
Reverend V.L. Bolton who pas­
tored "a {ew months;" Reverend
H.R. Coleman who became pastor
in 1932 and served for two years; in
1935 Reverend N.A. Armstrong
became the pastor. He served for
five years. On October 25, 1940,
Reverend William E. Ramsey be­
came the pastor. He erved for five
years. In 1946, the Reverend
Clarence La Vaughn Franklin be­
came the pastor and remained pas­
tor until his death in 1984.
Reverend Robert Smith Junior,
New Bethel's current pastor.be­
came pastor in 1985.
New Bethel's 59 year history
has been colorful and interesting.
One of the interesting things about
the church is: five of Detroit area
churches owe their existence to
New Bethel.
The five churches, "having gone
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NEW BETHEL currently seats
3,000 and its membership is ap­
proximately 1,450.
"Presently," New Bethel says,
"we are again a city on a hill that
Marilyn McCoo turns
her energies to Gospel
By M .... aret M.nsfleld
The response most people
have to Marilyn McCoo singing
gospel is surprise. "I have been a
se�lar artist for so many years,
and still am," says McCoo.
"I'm not changing all of a sud­
den now." (Particularly not in the
midst of the grand reunion' that
has her doing a much ballyhooed
national tour with her o)d group
- the Fifth Dimension). "I guess
alot of people weren't aware that
I was a Chrisitian. Or if they
were, I guess they consider this a
bold step."
But for McCoo, it is hardly a
bold step, nor.has she ever hidden
the fact. "I've been 0 CBN, the
Trinity Broadcast Netw rk, and I
did the Jim 4 Tammy kker's
show." Nonetheless, s is quite
excited with her new alb , "The
Me Nobody. Knows," a d take
ingular pleasure in si' ging for
the Lord.
The music she hopes provides
some encouragement fo,!
believers through these difficult
times. She also wants to let them
know that God can be a source of
their strength. This, she know,
first-hand, as he helped her
through the pain of her mother'
passing two years ago.
-
Margaret Mansfield
Of rna nus
Today, McCoo is looking for­
ward to being viewed as gospel
artist, though she's not at all
pleased with the categories that
are placed on Christian/Gospel
music today. Many have already
labeled her into the Contem­
porary Christian mold. And
while McCoo admits tha her
taste in mo t musical forms tends
to be contemporary, he resents
the division and separation.
,"I don't think that there's a
place for that kind of thing in thi
music. I want my music played
on all stations, including gospel.
I think there's something for
everybody on this album."
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