EYE ON GOSPEL
trips King of th Hill
rd charts, including it
And Donnie McClurkin reports that t nsions have ed and relations
have mu h improved betw n h and Savoy execs with regards to hi
New York R torati n Choir. Plans for a follow-up are in the works ...
This week' cripture:" For God did not give u a pirit
of timidity, but a pirit of power, of love, and of elf-disci
pline. "-Timothy 1 :7.
Rev. 'John Jordan
celebrates fourth
pastoral anniversary
By NATHANIEL SCOTT
SpecIal to th. MIchIgan cmzen
D� IT-The Reverend John
Jordon, pastor and found r 0 Let
Them Come Mi ionary Bapti t
Church, will celebrate hi fourth pas
toral anniversary in June. The church
is located at 1 117 Albany in Detroit.
The anniversary celebration be
gins Jun 13 with Reverend Terry J.
Rucke , pastor of New Prosperity
Baptist Church, peaking to the anni
versaty' theme: "To everything there
is a eason and a time to every purpo e
under th Heaven."
REV. JOHN JORDON
piritual, moral and phy ical well-be
ing of Detroit.
For the past 37 years, Jordan" En
terpri e, ow ned y the Reverend, has
been located at th come of Lin
wood Avenue and Ferry Park.
The ent rpri e is compri ed of a
barber and beauty alon, a beauty up
ply outlet, a coney i land, a beverage
store which ells b er and wine and a
candy tore.
There i aJ 0 Jordan' Other Place
at 6878 W. Warren Avenue. Accord
ing to Reverend Jordan, who at one
time mana ed and bo ked Rock'n
Roll group , "We (Blacks I) have I t
our Bla k herita e as far as Black
busin
are concerned."
HOW V R, HE. 'pro lairned,
"We have enough r urc too pull
together and get what w want (hotel ,
mot I. uper marke " theate and
divers ultural c nters) but we are to
epara le."
He add d. 'T many Blac be
lieve the white man' ic i colder
than the Bla k man' ."
A nativ of Mariana, Arkansas,
Reverend Jordan . id, "I've alway
been in the chur h and when I w
mana ing R .k 'N Roll roup 1
wouldn't pay them until they attended
church on Sunday m min ."
Politi ally; e p ially where
Mayor Coleman Y un i n m d,
hi philo ophy I : "I hi (Mayor
Youn ' ) health is b therin him,
th n ti It."
R v rend Jordan h oked
( P 1 group. ut has n
the gap that th p in Reverend
Wilmore Allen 1 t when he died) t
m nth, even th ugh they were friends
tor more han 25 yea .
"All I want t do," he aid, "I
prea h."
For ddin nal mformanon about
the hur h, the enterpri e or th anni-
ve ary, pi' , all (31 3
hurch and (313) H< - lIb
REV. GARRUND
WOOLRIDGE SR.
ing, Deacon Sam Scott, the president
of CSA and Willie Daniel, the presi
dent to the conv ntion entoned when
they aid: "We must hav th youth."
Divin a youthful go p 1 quartet
whi h eombin traditional quartet
in ing with today' musical drive
that emphasizes strong rhythm was
an example of "we must have th
youth," when they took their youth
ful sound to the First Bapt' t Church
Southw t Sunday, May 0, in what
could be called: The old met the new.
e t month, First Baptist will
celebrate 74 years at 7642 Gould
Street, the p tor, Reverend Garrund
Wooldrige, Sr. aid.
First Bapti 1, according to th p -
tor, has approximately 500 members
on its roll am each year, from April
through December, the church pr
ents diff rent programs each Sun
day.
Sunday, June 27, First Bapt' t'
Nurses Guild will sponsor a musical
program and the 74th anniversary
will b celebrated, Sunday, July 25.
At the clo e of th concert, which
also featured the Vi tory Five and
Mattie and th Angel of Joy, Divin
said, "We are aved and erving th
Lord" Reverend WOOldridge
opened the doors of the church and
two young ladies testified and asked
for"Th Ii ht hand of felJ whip."
Di in ,in ddition t th r n-
gagem nt , will appear Act
SAM SCOlT
Three' umm r Youth Go p I
Dram Con rt t B lle I 1 ' Band
hell Saturday, August 14.
MATTIE DOUGLASS
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