Religion
R v. Dr. E. V. Hili (center) wa gue t of the Second Ebenezer Baptl t Church or Vann
Invited ome ecumenic I p tor in to lunch with the honoree. Among th m were Rev. Dr.
Holland Lewis, Rev. Dr. David L Kelley, Dennies Amerman, Rev. Dr. Edgar L Vann Jr., ho t;
Chuck McCleod and Rev. Ned Adam. officer of the Council of Baptist Pastors.
Religious Briefs
Huron Valley
Christian Academy
accepting students
YPSILANTI - The Huron Vall y Christian Academy has
been organized and well on the way to acceptiug its fi t
students. Rev. Dr. B.T. Hopkins, moder tor of the Huron'
Valley District Association, and dir or for the th Wolv rin
State Baptist Congr , is chairman.
Rev. Hopkins, Rev. Nathaniel Crout, Rev. Ga her Roberson
and Dr. Ruth Moorman spearheads ofth project.
The committee working with Rev. Hopkins include:
Dr. Moorman, Revs. Crout, Roberson, Dean Frank Frierson,
Grace Maull, Sharon Barrow, Pearlena London, Lovida Roach,
Hollie Roberson, Angelette Thompson, Ronnie Peterson Dr.
Appolis Bulo and Charles Cart r.
THE ACADEMY I to promote a theistic philosophy of
education with the fear of GOO, rath r than a humanistic one
The school will promote excell nea.inschola hip glorifying
God, a curriculum that compli with th word of G
Students must able to unde tand he rich ul ural and
piritual heritage found in h div rsi y ofth human r nd
the need to perpetua he bibli 1 t aching hat all m
created equal.
The academy h ld a fund-rai r nqu on May 13. at
Raddison on the Lak wh r Dr. Av ry Aldrid , p
Wolverine State Baptist Conven ion, pok
Detroit B sine s
. -Women meet
nd Prof :
at her
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By NATHANIEL SCOTT
Spec/a' to the MichIgan Citizen
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By NATHANIEL SCOTT
Sp!c'" to the Mlchl".n Citizen
group lead
n with th
31 yea . He
b ed in Chi­
that th y
ly eight
,
THEY ARE CURRE TLY
enjoying orne u with their
new album: TffiST., which he
aid com from "this is it."
The album w produced by
Mr and Mrs Gallin who owns the
famous Chicago Gallin Funeral
Home which he said is the old t
Black-owned funeral home in
America.
According to Jacox, in the
1920 and '30s, the Soul Stirre
did not· allow married men to
ing with he group The ration­
ale a the ime was married men
would not alway be able to per­
form becau a family obligation
might pr vent them from trav I-
i with he group.
Ther for th group cam to
ha 1-
filled i dates Promote ,. such
Rafe Evans, who' for many
...
years was De roit' 1 ding gos­
pel promoter, could depend on
them.
I F CT, JACO aid, on
more than one occasion Eva
wired the group i money before
they came to town.
The group still ge a lot of
reques to ing the old ongs
and their concerts are always a
mixture of the old and the new,
Jacox aid. He dded, "Lou
Rawl didn' really ing with the
Soul Stirrers, he passed through
1 ."
The Mo her' Day concer
w promo d by David a han
and R t Haven Fun ral Hom
nd targe crowd,
h u nd
oberson duo to London
PRO OTERS AND' SINGERS - These singers and promoters too time out before the
Mother's Day gospel concert to po e for picture outside of New Bethel Baptist Church. (l-r)
Robert Blair, Re t Haven's public rei tion repre entative, Willi m Stewart and Violinaires
singer elvin organ. (Photo by N Scott)