RELIGION
CHURCH
CALENDAR
Banquet of
Appreciatl.on
On Saturday, December 7
at6 p.m., Faith Temple Bapti t
Church presents a banquet ap­
preciation for Reverend T.L.
Morgan.
Featured gu t will be ten­
year-old "Ma ter" Collin
. Philips and the Voice of
Wonder.
Tic are $20 for adults
and $20 for children. The ban­
quet will be held at the First
Congregational Church of
: Detroit, 33 E. Forest Avenue.
For additional information
please call the president of the
pastor's aid, Joella Ukely at
(313) 368-8602 or the church
at (313) 833-2130.
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Gospel
.� Musical at OU'
"You are cordially invited
to the 'Give Glory To God'
Gospel Musical at Oakland
University in Rochester on
Sunday, November 24, 1991
at 6:00 P.M. in the Oakland
Center Crockery. Admission
FREE. Please join us in this
joyous celebration.
Location: Oakland Univer­
ity, 49 Oakland Center in
Rochester, MI 48309-4401.
O.years Of ..
Service
Honoring 50 years of
Christian ministry/pastoring
and communi ty service of
Bishop Leroy Kendall, Pastor
of The Almighty Church/True
Light Army, 5571 McD'ougall
Street, Detroit, Mich. Honor
ervlce at 3:�0 p.m. at the
church on Sunday, November
24,1991.
Guest speaker: Dr.
Raymond Butler, Wayne'
County Department of Social
Services. Dr. Virgie Johnson
will also speak.
The public is invited to at­
tend. Dinner will be served
after the honor ervices.
Please call the church at 922-
4379 or 922-8224 for further
information. Sister Yvonne
Young is Chairperson.
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Davis' Go
RGARET MANSFIELD
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It w nearly a year ago that Ben­
son Records celebrated their signing
. of actor Clifton Davis and his gospel
debut album, entitled "Say Amen,"
wi� a star- tudded listening party
and reception in Beverly Hills.
Davi had hoped to trade in on his
TV fame as Rev. Rueben Gregory on
NBC' popular" Amen" series. But
it hasn't happened that way. Davis
is disap-pointed, not with tJte record
or it's material but instead for the
. promotion on the part of the record
company.
So di appointed in fact was
Davi , that there's a possibility tbat
he will look for another company to
record with. He is quick to add that
he was quite pleased with the
response from gospel audiences as
well as his own loyal fans. "It was
tremendous," Davis says. "In fact, it
is continuing to get a lot of aftplay,
once they sent the album to the sta­
tions. It was amazing."
However, for now Davis ts put­
ting his gospel career oh hold. This
i a time of adjustments for the actor­
singer. After a long and successful
run on NBC as a popular and top­
rated sitcom, "A�n" was cancelled
last year. "I was ready to move on,"
he says. "It was a great experience
and I made a l.ot of great friends
(namely co-star Anna Horsford), but
it was time to move on. Clifton is'
now enjoying the series run in what
he terms ·"rerun" heaven.
Stallings Expands Westward:
Maverick Catholic priest, Father
George Stallings, founder of the
African-American Catholic move-
P. I Di
TOO Y people can't
remember anything from that long
p t when they ere five, but
t t i not the with Moorer.
She recited paragraph from a
peech he made when he w five
which aid, "Why re you looking at
me 0 hard? 1 didn't com to tay. I
j t want you to know Jes ro e on
Christm day."
And then the years began to roll
and an uncle introduced her to radio
in the city where he w born, Bir­
nnngham,Alabama.
However, the "Electrifying Chris
Moorer" did not heed the dvice of
Horace Greeley and go w t, i tead
she headed midwe t-Chi Town and
then Detroit, the Motor City.
She has lived in Detroit for 20
jears, attended Wayne County Com­
munity College, Highland Park
appointm
nt
Gospel Slnaer Lynette Hawkins Stephens (left) Is pictured here with Dr.
Dorothy Height (rlgbt), bead of the National Council of Negro Women,
wbleb sponsors the Black Family' Reunion celebrations across the
country. Tbe program feature free concerts and educational
Inform lion for th community. Lynette recently performed to an
audience of 25,000 at tbe Wa�blngton Monument grounds.
ment, and Imani Temple, is moving
west.
He w recently in Los Angeles
to establish an African-American
Catholic Church is Southern Califor­
nia.
Stallings say his African­
American Catholic Congregation
(AACC) was "not meant to be a
denomtnatton in and of itself, but
merely the establishment of a
Catholic congregation that would
address the profound spiritual and
cultural needs of African­
Americans. We felt we could break
the conscience of a white, male,
sexist, hierarchical structure to real­
ize that it finally had to take us as
African-American Roman Catholics
seriously."
Meanwhik, the National Con­
ference of Catholic Bishop voted
This week's scripture: "Dear , C ��
Friends, do not believe Ivery spirU, � 0 � ��
but test th« spirits to see wMtMr I - '" r/f;
they are from God, because 11IIIny L-.:!4i�
false prophets have gone out into "'------------------- .....
the world, "-John 4:1. •
down a plan to eliminate four of six.
Roman Catholic holy days in the
USA. . Currently the holy days con­
sist of: Christmas; the Solemnity of
Mary (January 1); Ascension (the
sixth Thursday after Easter); As­
sumption (August 15); All Saints
(November 1); and the Immaculate
Conception (December 8). Experts
say just one quarter of the nation's 58
million Catholics go to special holy
day services. .
Send all your
upcoming church
events to:
Michigan Citizen
P.O. Box 03560
Highland PJrk. MI
48203
The Perils of Oral Roberts
By MARGARET MANFIELD
Oral Robers has the kind of finan­
cial crises that generate headlines. In
'87, he told followers God would call
him home if he didn't raise $8 mil­
lion. In 1989,' he said he had five
weeks to raise $11 million or there
would be a similar fate. Both appeals
were made to save his ailing
religious empire and Oral Roberts
University. .
Now, the 74 -year old minister
who as one of the early plobeers of
televangelism,'" re than
one million viewers to give $500
each to save bls financlally- trapped
religious empire from a atanlc con-
piracy.
D�sclosing 'very few details, be
slated that he was unable to give the
full severity of the problem due to
"·the enemie of this ministry" in a
letter to followers.
The letter went on to say that
Roberts and his wife Evelyn, along
with son Richard and his wife, would
sacrifice one weeks salary.
Robert i linking some of his cur­
rent financial troubles to a drop in
donations after tbe latest scandal in­
volving Jimmy Swaggart. Just this
year, enrollment at Oral Roberts
University had risen 12% and TV
ratings were up.
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Gospel Hours
W.C.H.B. 1200 AM _ 7:00 a.m. '_ 11 :00 a.m.
Every Sunday Morning'
Rev. Wilmore Allen
Rev. A.J. Rogers
Joe Ella Ukely
catherine Robinson
Gloria Parker
Lorraine Walker
Bro. Duntcin
894-8714
298-6333
298-6334
298-6335
Henry Ruff Rd.
Inlester. Mieh.
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Community College nd �o other
hool of higher leamin .
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Moorer unned do n on
Detroit Street.
SHE SP S ".When 1 m
a ked, he id. -I pea to
whatever the theme' ."
She al 0 promotes go pel and
believ that in the Detroit area there
is a lot of talent that needs to be
discovered.
Yet! the "Electrifying Chri
Moorer" h nother ide that people
may, or m y not, expect to find.
Moorer, married to Al Moorer,
who sings with the Detroit Silver­
tones Gospel Group, is grieving
mother who decided to fight back.
In January of 1990, Moorer' 16-
year-old on Vincent Northfleet-
DET KETC Ybe-:
c use even thou b Moore .. il :
electrifying. talking about ber n'l:
deatb4is painful. So he choose ,
co� of "action speaks 10\Xler than �
words- and founded the non-PlOtlt •
Victims of Gun W . And the :
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ying goes, that peaks volum :
And 0 �y be II a life dedI-.:
cated to a principle: -I eel the Lord :
to use and impire me." And, be.
dded, -One day 1 would like to haYe :
m' ion to feed the poor." : .
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THANKSGIVING DINNER
for the
EEDY and HOMEL SS
Saturday, ov mb 23,
1 :00 - 3:30 p.m. at
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. New Bethleh m Baptist Church ,_
3061 Ewa!d Circle at Davl' J
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clothln 'r those in need. We
are accep,jng all donatlon . of
clothing and food.
For'lnformatlon contact
SI •• M. Brent
(931'()S59 I av m _g )
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